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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and area report on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating 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 without assistance from a pacer, breaking a record that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal document 5 times before graduating. Ryun's time of file was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It must be famous, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

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

"I'd like to suppose that it's not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless a long methods away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my potential. I've the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals may very nicely be in reach. After his record run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.