Hunter Veith went to Wichita State track coach Steve Rainbolt’s office in March expecting to talk about the training and scheduling for the outdoor season.
Rainbolt wanted to discuss bigger things, things that hadn’t occurred to Veith, even as his decathlon performances improved during his junior season. Things that certainly hadn’t occurred to him when he came to Wichita State from Cheney High as a triple jumper.
“I think he can be one of our country’s next big-time decathlon men,” Rainbolt said. “You go through the decathlon events and you don’t come to a major weakness.”
Veith’s main career goals were to stay healthy after a broken leg and elbow surgery derailed previous seasons at WSU.