Excessive schooler runs sub-4 minute mile, breaks report that had stood since 1965

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and area record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below four minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without the help of a pacer, breaking a document that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the first excessive schooler to run a mile in below four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report 5 occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of document was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It should be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competition, without using a pacer.

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

"I might prefer to suppose that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Clearly, I am nonetheless a long methods away and have some work to do, however I'm confident in my ability. 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 desires might very effectively be in reach. After his record run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.