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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and subject report at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for nearly 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the first high schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own record five times earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It ought to be noted, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, with out the use of a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon commencement. Speaking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to become an Olympic athlete.

"I might like to assume that it is not crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my capability. I have the dream, now I just have to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very nicely be in attain. After his report run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.