a guy in my flight (USAF) was the Kansas HS 2 mile Champion. He had a full-ride to K-State, but his recruiter told him that he couldn't go to college because he's already enlisted in the Delayed Enlistment Program when he was 17.
That was a lie. He could have left DEP at any time up until he in-processed in BMT. Recruiters are liars, and they will fuck your life if you let them.
But he ran his 2 miles in 10:09, and was mad because he knew he could have been under 10. The recruiter had also convinced him to go PJ/CC for his job.
He passed the physical fitness test easily, but washed out and ended up driving buses in Transportation for 4 years.