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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and area file on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun became the first high schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own file 5 occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of document 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 needs to be famous, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, without the usage of a pacer.

Martin's run was a significant milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon commencement. Talking about his long-term goals, Martin hopes to turn out to be an Olympic athlete.

"I'd like to think that it isn't crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin informed CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my skill. I've the dream, now I simply have to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams may very effectively be in attain. After his report run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.