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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and subject file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in under 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for nearly 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report 5 occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It needs to be famous, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competition, with out using a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon commencement. Speaking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to turn into an Olympic athlete.

"I might wish to think that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Clearly, I am nonetheless a protracted methods away and have some work to do, however I'm confident in my means. I've the dream, now I just should put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals could very well be in attain. After his record run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.