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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and discipline document at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below four minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the first excessive schooler to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal file five occasions before 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 highschool athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It should be noted, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action 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 graduation. Speaking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to change into an Olympic athlete.

"I'd wish to suppose that it's not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Obviously, I am still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my potential. I've the dream, now I just have to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams may very well be in reach. After his file run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.