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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and area file on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in under 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out assistance from a pacer, breaking a record that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the first excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report 5 occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of file was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It should be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competitors, with out the use of a pacer.

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

"I would wish to suppose that it isn't crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Clearly, I am still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my means. I have the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very effectively be in attain. After his document run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.