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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and field report at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below four minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the first high schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five 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 highschool athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It must be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, without the use of a pacer.

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

"I might prefer to assume that it isn't loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless a long methods away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my ability. I've the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams may very nicely be in attain. After his file run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.