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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and field document at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in beneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for nearly 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the first excessive schooler to run a mile in below four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report five occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of document 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 four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It needs to be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without the use of a pacer.

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

"I would wish to assume that it's not crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin informed CBS Information. "Obviously, I am still a long methods away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my capacity. I've the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

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