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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and discipline file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in underneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for almost 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without the help of a pacer, breaking a report that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun grew to become the first excessive 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 high school athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It must be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competition, with out the use of a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon commencement. Speaking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to turn out to be an Olympic athlete.

"I'd wish to suppose that it isn't crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin informed CBS News. "Clearly, I'm still a long ways away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my means. I've the dream, now I just should put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams may very well be in reach. After his document run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.