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

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

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the help of a pacer, breaking a document that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the first high schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own document 5 times earlier than 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 break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It ought to be famous, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

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

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very nicely be in reach. After his document run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.