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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and area report at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for nearly 60 years.

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

Ryun became the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal document 5 instances before graduating. Ryun's time of record was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less 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 outdoor runs. It should be famous, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, with out the use of a pacer.

Martin's run was a significant 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 think that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Obviously, I am nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my ability. I have the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams could very effectively be in reach. After his document run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.