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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and area file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in below 4 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 document that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal file five instances before graduating. Ryun's time of record 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 outside runs. It should be famous, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

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

"I might like to suppose that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my ability. I have the dream, now I just must put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams might very properly be in attain. After his document run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.