Hunter Veith last competed in the decathlon two months ago. He won the event and wasn’t particularly pleased with his performance.
“I think I left a lot of points out there,” he said.
That layoff may not seem like the ideal run-up to the NCAA outdoor championships. It is exactly how Veith and Wichita State track and field coach Steve Rainbolt planned to position Veith for a peak performance this week in Eugene, Ore.
Veith, a junior from Cheney, enters Wednesday’s decathlon ranked No. 15 among the 24 competitors. His score of 7,610 points is from an early April meet in Santa Barbara, Calif.