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

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

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

Ryun became the primary high schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his own report 5 occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of file was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break 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 only 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 College of Virginia upon graduation. Talking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to turn into an Olympic athlete.

"I might prefer to think that it is not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my capability. I've the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals may very well be in reach. After his record run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.