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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and field file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in under 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

Ryun became the first high schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own document 5 times earlier than 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 break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It must be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, with out the usage of a pacer.

Martin's run was a serious milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon graduation. Talking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I would wish to suppose that it is not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my means. I've the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams may very well be in reach. After his report run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.