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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and discipline record on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in beneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for nearly 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 became the first excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal file 5 occasions before 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 interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It must be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, with out the use of a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon graduation. Talking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to become an Olympic athlete.

"I might like to assume that it's not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin informed CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my potential. I have the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

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