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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and area document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in beneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for nearly 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out assistance from a pacer, breaking a record that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the first excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record 5 occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It needs to be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, with out the use of a pacer.

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

"I might prefer to suppose that it isn't crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm still an extended methods away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my capacity. I've the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams might very properly be in reach. After his report run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.