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

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

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out assistance from a pacer, breaking a record that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report five times before 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 break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It needs to be noted, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without the use of a pacer.

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

"I'd prefer to think that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Obviously, I am still an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my ability. I've the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams could very well be in attain. After his document run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.