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Wichita State’s Veith finishes ninth in NCAA indoor meet

Wichita State junior Hunter Veith earned second-team All-American honors in the heptathlon in the NCAA Indoor Championships on Saturday.

Veith, from Cheney, scored 5,760 points. He placed third in the pole vault, his best finish in the event with a height of 16 feet, 3 1/4 inches in College Station, Texas.

He also placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.15 seconds and 11th in the 1,000 meters at 2 minutes, 56.44 seconds.

On Friday, he placed fourth in the long jump (24-9 1/4). He finished eighth in the 60 (7.00 seconds), ninth in the high jump (6-4 3/4) and 13th in the shot put (40-8 3/4).