High schooler runs sub-4 minute mile, breaks record that had stood since 1965

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and discipline file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in underneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for almost 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 first high schooler to run a mile in beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own file 5 occasions earlier than 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 highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It ought 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 major milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon commencement. Talking about his long-term goals, Martin hopes to change into an Olympic athlete.

"I'd prefer to suppose that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Clearly, I am nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my skill. I've the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires could very nicely be in reach. After his report run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.