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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and subject record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in below 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 help of a pacer, breaking a file that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

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

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It must be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

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

"I might prefer to suppose that it is not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm still a protracted ways away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my potential. 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 might very well be in reach. After his file run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.