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 subject record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in beneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for nearly 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the first excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own report 5 instances earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower 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 should be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in excessive school-only competition, without the use of a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon graduation. Speaking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I might prefer to assume that it is not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Clearly, I'm still an extended ways away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my means. I've the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very nicely be in attain. After his report run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.