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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and field document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without assistance from a pacer, breaking a record that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun grew to become the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in below 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own document five instances before 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 break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It needs to be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without the use of a pacer.

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

"I'd wish to suppose that it's not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my capacity. 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 properly be in attain. After his file run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.