Why would you assume? In the same time it took you to write this, you could have clicked on the link that the OP provided and went to a page that says "Boys 1 Mile Run" at the top.
I just watched him run. He is the most natural runner I have ever seen. Surprised he has not been in the news much . This is not about performances. There is no second, third of fourth best. He is a talent of a lifetime. A true privilege to watch him run.
Gary Martin’s run is amazing! To be faster than Kevin McGarry, John Burns, Ken Lowry, Paul Vandergrift, and Craig Miller, all PA greats, was his accomplishment already, before today. Now the Philadelphia Catholic League has a faster high school mile record than 47 states. Wow! Love seeing today’s kids do great things in the sport.
Comparisons to Ryun aside, Gary reminds me of Craig Masback. Both nerdy and surprisingly fast. Masback ran 3:52.02, winning the U.S. Indoor Championships in 1980.
Any thoughts on how fast Gary will eventually go. I thing he will eventually better Masback's mile time.
Gary Martin will be a much better commentator and head of USATF than Craig ever was
I live in PA. Not far from the meet, today is almost 100% humidity w mid 60’s, not ideal wether. Kid is a talent and helps out at a lot of local races
FROM RUN BUCKS BELOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That nice kid from Archbishop Wood High School, who helped at packet pick-up at the 2022 Gilled Cheese & Tomato Soup Run then asked what else he could do to help,,,, and I put him in his hoodie and shorts and his girlfriend out on the course as a marshal, well he just ran a 3:57.98 mile in the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship meet. We believe that puts him #4 on the all time high school mile performers list, and looking at the list, it appears his is the fastest high school only race performance EVER!
I just watched him run. He is the most natural runner I have ever seen. Surprised he has not been in the news much . This is not about performances. There is no second, third of fourth best. He is a talent of a lifetime. A true privilege to watch him run.
Everything considered this has to be the greatest high school distance performance of all time. I mean a 3:57 at a freaking league meet with the next guy 4:17! Unreal
Nope. Not in the top 5. However it is impressive as hell.
Nope. Not in the top 5. However it is impressive as hell.
Ok so give us the top 5
Just off the top of my head his performance is not as good as Chapa 28:32, Ryun, Webb, Hobbs Kessler 3:34 and Rupp 13:37. I am also factoring in the advanced shoes. Again Gary Martin is amazing and he may run 3:55 in HS. Either way he is a super talent.