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

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

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without the help 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 four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five instances earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of file 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 out of doors runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competition, without using a pacer.

Martin's run was a serious milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon commencement. Talking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to become an Olympic athlete.

"I'd prefer to suppose that it isn't crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm still an extended methods away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my skill. I've the dream, now I simply must put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very properly be in attain. After his document run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.