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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and field file on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in under 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for nearly 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the aid of a pacer, breaking a document that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the first high schooler to run a mile in underneath 4 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 less 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 outside runs. It ought to be noted, though, that Ryun was the one 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 graduation. Speaking about his long-term goals, Martin hopes to develop into an Olympic athlete.

"I'd like to suppose that it is not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my ability. I've the dream, now I simply must put the work in and chase it."

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