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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and area document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without assistance from 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 underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own record 5 instances before 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 high school athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It should be noted, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in high 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 graduation. Talking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I would wish to think that it is not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my ability. I've the dream, now I just should put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very well be in attain. After his document run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.