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

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

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

Ryun turned the first high schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal file 5 times before graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It ought to be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, without the usage of a pacer.

Martin's run was a serious milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon graduation. Speaking about his long-term goals, Martin hopes to turn into an Olympic athlete.

"I'd prefer to suppose that it isn't loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin informed CBS Information. "Obviously, I am still an extended methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my capacity. I have the dream, now I simply must put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams may very nicely be in attain. After his record run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.