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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and discipline record on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in under 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 report that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in below four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report 5 instances earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of file 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 four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It should be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without the use of a pacer.

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

"I'd prefer to think that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin informed CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my skill. I've the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams might very properly be in attain. After his record run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.