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

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

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the aid of a pacer, breaking a document that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the primary high schooler to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal file five occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of document 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 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, with out using a pacer.

Martin's run was a significant milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon graduation. Talking about his long-term goals, Martin hopes to develop into an Olympic athlete.

"I'd wish to think that it isn't crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my ability. I've the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

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