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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and subject report on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in underneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

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

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It must be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, without the usage of a pacer.

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

"I might wish to suppose that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm still a long ways away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my skill. I have the dream, now I just must put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires may very properly be in attain. After his record run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.