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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and subject file on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in under 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out assistance from a pacer, breaking a document 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 personal record five times before 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 high school athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It needs to be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, with out the use of a pacer.

Martin's run was a serious milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon graduation. Talking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to develop into an Olympic athlete.

"I would wish to assume that it is not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Clearly, I am still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my capacity. I have the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

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