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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and field record at 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 practically 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the first high schooler to run a mile in underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own file five 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 high school athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It should be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so 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. Speaking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I would like to think that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless an extended methods away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my capacity. I have the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very effectively be in reach. After his report run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.