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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and area file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in below four minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for almost 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the aid of a pacer, breaking a file that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the primary high schooler to run a mile in beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own document 5 occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, without the use of a pacer.

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

"I would prefer to suppose that it's not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm still a long ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my capability. 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 desires may very well be in attain. After his document run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.