High schooler runs sub-4 minute mile, breaks report that had stood since 1965

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and subject record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in underneath four 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 grew to become the first high schooler to run a mile in beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own document 5 occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of record was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It needs to be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in high school-only competition, 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 grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I would wish to suppose that it is not crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my capacity. I've the dream, now I simply must put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very well be in attain. After his file run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.