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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and field document at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below four minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for nearly 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out assistance from a pacer, breaking a report that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun grew to become the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record 5 occasions earlier than 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 break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It ought to be noted, although, that Ryun was the one 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. Talking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to turn into an Olympic athlete.

"I might like to suppose that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin informed CBS News. "Clearly, I'm still a long ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my means. I've the dream, now I just have to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams might very well be in attain. After his document run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.