Excessive 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 area record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in beneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for practically 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 became the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report five occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of document was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It ought to be noted, although, that Ryun was the one 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 University of Virginia upon commencement. Talking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to turn 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 advised CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my capability. 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 may very well be in attain. After his file run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.