Daily News | Archbishop Wood’s Gary Martin runs sub 4-minute mile at the Philadelphia Catholic League championships
, which were held at Cardinal O’Hara High School. He is just the 14th U.S. high schooler to ever run a mile below four minutes.
Martin’s time is the fourth fastest outdoor time by a U.S. high schooler and is the fastest outdoor high school time since 2001. Only two runners -- Oregon high schooler Alan Webb and Jim Ryun from Wichita, Kan. -- have run better outdoor high school times. Both Webb and Ryun were future Olympians.on eclipsing the four-minute mark last time out, running a Penn Relays-record 4:01.04 on April 29.
On Saturday, Martin ran away from the competition, as he usually does, finishing an almost unfathomable 20 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Zachary Brill of La Salle College High School . Martin, 18, has won four PIAA titles and also two indoor national titles and will run at the University of Virginia in the fall.
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