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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and discipline report on 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 practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the help of a pacer, breaking a report that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the primary high schooler to run a mile in underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own document 5 occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of document was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It should be famous, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, without the usage of a pacer.

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

"I would like to suppose that it's not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin informed CBS News. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless an extended methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my potential. I've the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very nicely be in reach. After his record run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.