Hannah Kuhlmann, of Lake Saint Louis, Missouri, has been eager to join the Class of 2024 ever since her family visited Colorado Springs in 2017 and toured the campus. ⁣ ⁣ “I took the ACT five times before I was satisfied with my score — I wasn’t the smartest in the room nor the most athletic, but I made sure I was the hardest working.”⁣ ⁣ Like many of her classmates, she was a member of the Civil Air Patrol and swam on her high school team. Hannah also sought leadership opportunities, serving as class president.⁣ ⁣ Despite eating right and swimming, she said she struggled on the run portion of the fitness assessment. She failed the first attempt. Over the course of the next month, she ran one mile twice-a-day and shaved more than a minute-and-a-half off her run time. ⁣ ⁣ Since receiving her appointment, she’s joined a Class of 2024 running challenge to run 100 miles before Basic Cadet Training and focused on circuit training and calisthenics. ⁣ ⁣ “I’d tell applicants, just get to the p...