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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and area report on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in underneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal file 5 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 high school athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It must be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, without using a pacer.

Martin's run was a significant milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon commencement. Speaking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to develop into an Olympic athlete.

"I would prefer to think that it isn't crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Obviously, I am still an extended methods away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my potential. I've the dream, now I simply must put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals could very properly be in attain. After his report run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.