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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and area document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for almost 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 grew to become the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own document five instances 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 highschool athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It must be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competitors, with out the use of a pacer.

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

"I'd like to suppose that it isn't crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin informed CBS News. "Obviously, I am still an extended ways away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my skill. I have the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very nicely be in attain. After his document run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.