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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and area file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for nearly 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without the help of a pacer, breaking a document that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the primary high schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five times 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 highschool athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It needs to be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, with out the use 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 become an Olympic athlete.

"I'd like to suppose that it isn't crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin informed CBS News. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my ability. 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 desires could very effectively be in attain. After his report run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.