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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and subject document at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in underneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for nearly 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the first excessive schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal document five times earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less 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 ought to 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 University of Virginia upon commencement. Speaking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to develop into an Olympic athlete.

"I might like to think that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Clearly, I am nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my potential. I've the dream, now I simply must put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires could very properly be in reach. After his report run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.