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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and field file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for almost 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 first high schooler to run a mile in under 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 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 outdoor runs. It ought to be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

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

"I might like to suppose that it's not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a protracted methods away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my means. I've the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires may very effectively be in attain. After his record run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.