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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and field record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in beneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

Ryun became the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own report five occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in high 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. Speaking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to become an Olympic athlete.

"I'd prefer to think that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless a protracted methods away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my skill. I've the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams could very nicely be in attain. After his file run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.