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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and discipline file on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in beneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a document 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 excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own document five occasions 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 four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It must be noted, although, 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 significant milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon commencement. Speaking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to turn out to be an Olympic athlete.

"I would prefer to think that it isn't crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my ability. I've the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very well be in attain. After his file run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.