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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and subject record on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in underneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for nearly 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own document five times before 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 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It ought to be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competitors, 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 objectives, Martin hopes to turn out to be an Olympic athlete.

"I might prefer to assume that it's not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my means. I've the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals could very well 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 Metropolis Olympics.