Gary Martin, a high school student in suburban Philadelphia, has broken a 57-year-old record set by Jim Ryun, running the mile in less than 4 minutes. The Archbishop Wood senior hit the tape at an ...

If 18-year-old Pennsylvania high school student Gary Martin had recorded his stunning 3:57.98 mile in the 1950s, he would have been the fastest man in the world. The result at the Catholic League ...

He graduated high school in his class of 1965. At the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, that were held in Mexico City, Ryun won the silver medal for Team USA in the men’s 1500 meters. Ryun was the first high ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The list of accolades for Jim Ryun, the first high school runner to crack 4 minutes in the mile is long as you’d expect, though his Olympic record isn’t as burnished. Ryun qualified ...

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and field record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in under ...

Jim Ryun, the American middle-distance runner and former congressman, built his reputation through record-breaking speed, but ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Legendary Kansas track and field alum Jim Ryun will be inducted in the Inaugural United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Associate (USTFCCCA) Collegiate Athlete Hall ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A 17-year-old runner in Pennsylvania broke a record set by a Wichita native that had stood for nearly 60 years. Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High School in ...

Former track star and United States congressman Jim Ryun was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday, making him just the second track and field athlete to have received the award. Ryun ...

Here are the recipients of the Kansan of the Year and Distinguished Kansans of the Year awards since The Topeka Capital-Journal began the recognition in 1965: 1965 Kansans of the Year: Jim Ryun, ...