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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and subject document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in beneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the primary high schooler to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five times before graduating. Ryun's time of report 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 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It needs to be noted, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action 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. Talking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to turn into an Olympic athlete.

"I'd like to assume that it's not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my capacity. 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 goals might very well be in reach. After his document run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.