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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and field document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in underneath 4 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 record 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 own report five instances 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 highschool athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It must be noted, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, with out using a pacer.

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

"I might prefer to think that it isn't crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Clearly, I am still a protracted ways away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my ability. I have the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very well be in reach. After his report run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.