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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and subject document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating 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 without the help of 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 underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report 5 occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of record 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 noted, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without the usage of a pacer.

Martin's run was a significant milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon graduation. Talking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to become an Olympic athlete.

"I'd wish to think that it isn't crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my capacity. I've the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals may very nicely be in attain. After his record run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.