High 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 field record on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun became the primary high schooler to run a mile in below four minutes in 1964, then broke his own document five instances before graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less 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 ought to be famous, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

"I'd wish to think that it's not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my potential. I have the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals could very well be in attain. After his report run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.