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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and area document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in underneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the first high schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own file five instances 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 highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

"I would like to think that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Obviously, I am still a protracted ways away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my ability. I have the dream, now I simply must put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very properly be in reach. After his file run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.