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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and subject file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without assistance from a pacer, breaking a document that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun grew to become the primary high schooler to run a mile in beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report 5 instances before graduating. Ryun's time of document 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 outside runs. It needs to be noted, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in excessive school-only competitors, without the usage 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 turn out to be an Olympic athlete.

"I might prefer to suppose that it's not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my means. I have the dream, now I simply must put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very nicely be in reach. After his file run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.