HAMILTON — Brayden Lanser has dozens of medals and ribbons recognizing his athletic excellence — from youth baseball and wrestling to high school football and track and field.

But the award he received this summer might trump them all.

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The 17-year-old Hamilton High School senior recently completed basic training with the Army at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri and was bestowed the Iron Soldier award, which recognizes the highest-scoring solider on the Army Combat Fitness Test.

"You show how many pushups you can do, how much you can deadlift, how much you can sprint, drag and carry, how much you can do a plank and then how fast you can run," Lanser said.

Lanser said he did 70

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