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

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

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

Ryun became the first excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own file 5 instances 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 out of doors runs. It ought to be noted, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in excessive school-only competition, without using a pacer.

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

"I'd wish to suppose that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Clearly, I am nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my means. I've the dream, now I simply have to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams could very well be in reach. After his file run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.