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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and discipline record on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the aid of a pacer, breaking a record 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 record 5 occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of record was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It should be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in excessive school-only competitors, with out using a pacer.

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

"I would prefer to assume that it is not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I'm confident in my ability. I've the dream, now I simply must put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires could very properly be in reach. After his document run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.