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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and discipline document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in below four minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without the aid 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 under 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record 5 times before graduating. Ryun's time of document was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It must be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in high school-only competition, with out using a pacer.

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

"I might prefer to think that it's not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Obviously, I am still a long ways away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my means. I have the dream, now I just have to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very nicely be in reach. After his file run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.