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

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

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

Ryun grew to become the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his own record five occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of document was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It needs to be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competition, 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 change into an Olympic athlete.

"I might prefer to assume that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Obviously, I am still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my capacity. I have the dream, now I just have to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very nicely be in reach. After his report run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.