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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and field file on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in underneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a record 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 turned the first high schooler to run a mile in below four minutes in 1964, then broke his own record five instances earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of file 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 must be famous, though, that Ryun was the only 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 commencement. Speaking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I would like to suppose that it's not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my means. 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 goals might very well be in attain. After his document run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.