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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and field report at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in beneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for nearly 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the first excessive schooler to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own file five times before graduating. Ryun's time of file 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 outside runs. It needs to be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, without the usage of a pacer.

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

"I'd like to assume that it's not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin informed CBS Information. "Clearly, I am nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my capability. I have the dream, now I just must put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams may very properly be in attain. After his record run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.