High 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 discipline document at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below 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 grew to become the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own record five times earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competition, with out the use of a pacer.

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

"I'd like to think that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm still a long ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my capability. I've the dream, now I just should put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires may very effectively be in reach. After his file run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.