High schooler runs sub-4 minute mile, breaks document that had stood since 1965

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and field file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in beneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for almost 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out assistance from a pacer, breaking a record that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun grew to become the first high schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own report five instances before graduating. Ryun's time of record was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It ought to be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, with out using a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon graduation. Talking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to change into an Olympic athlete.

"I would like to think that it is not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my skill. I have the dream, now I just have to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very well be in attain. After his file run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.