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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and field record on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in underneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for practically 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 became the first excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report five occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of document 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 out of doors runs. It ought to be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

"I would like to assume that it isn't crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Clearly, I am nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my ability. I've the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals could very nicely be in reach. After his file run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.