Daily News | Gary Martin’s passion for running extends miles beyond the track
Gary Martin graduated from Archbishop Wood last year as one of the most decorated high school runners in Pennsylvania history. Now a freshman at Virginia, he’s still impressive on the track. But he’s also found another outlet for the love of his sport — and one that allows him to reach people all over the country: writing.highlight professional or high school track athletes and their accomplishments. But he also frequently writes about his own race experiences.
The partnership actually can be traced back to last year’s Penn Relays. At the same meet where Martin set the record for the high school mile, he got to know other Citius Mag contributors. They later approached him about the possibility of writing for the website. Individually, Martin had the fastest split of all runners in the 4xmile event, clocking in at 3:58.24 in the second leg. He was just one of three runners in the entire field to break a four-minute mile during the relay on Saturday, and his efforts had Virginia in first place by the time he passed the baton.
Martin would go on to accomplish the feat later in the season at the Philadelphia Catholic League championships, becoming the first Pennsylvania high school runner to do so. But now he’s done it at Franklin Field — in front of a hometown crowd.
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