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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and subject document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in underneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for nearly 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the first excessive schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his own record five occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of record was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It should be famous, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, without the usage of a pacer.

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

"I'd wish to think that it isn't crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Obviously, I am still an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my ability. I have the dream, now I just should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams could very nicely be in attain. After his document run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.