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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and field file on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating 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 record that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

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

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It ought to be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, with out using a pacer.

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

"I might like to suppose that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Clearly, I am still an extended methods away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my ability. I have the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

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