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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and discipline report 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 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 turned the primary high schooler to run a mile in beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own report 5 instances before graduating. Ryun's time of file 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 outdoor runs. It needs to be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon commencement. Talking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to change into an Olympic athlete.

"I'd wish to suppose that it's not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Obviously, I'm still a long ways away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my skill. 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 may very effectively be in reach. After his file run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.