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

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

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

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

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It must be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

Martin's run was a serious milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon graduation. Speaking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to turn out to be an Olympic athlete.

"I might prefer to assume that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Obviously, I am still a protracted ways away and have some work to do, however I'm confident in my capacity. I have the dream, now I simply must put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires could very nicely be in attain. After his file run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.