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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and field document at 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 without the help of a pacer, breaking a report that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report 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 high school athlete to interrupt 4 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 do so in high school-only competitors, with out the use of a pacer.

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

"I would wish to think that it isn't crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Obviously, I am still an extended methods away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my capability. I have the dream, now I just must put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very well be in attain. After his record run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.