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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and subject report at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in underneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for nearly 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 primary high schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own file five times earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of record was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower 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 should be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in excessive school-only competitors, with out the usage of a pacer.

Martin's run was a significant milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon commencement. Talking about his long-term targets, 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's a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless an extended methods away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my capacity. I have the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams could very nicely be in reach. After his document run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.