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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and subject document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal document five instances before 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 highschool athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It ought to be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, with out using a pacer.

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

"I might prefer to assume that it's not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Clearly, I am nonetheless a protracted methods away and have some work to do, however I'm confident in my means. I have the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires may very effectively be in attain. After his report run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.