Wabash junior hurdler RaShawn Jones blistered the track at the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodon Indoor Track and Field Opener held Saturday afternoon. Jones won the 60-meter hurdles while posting the second-fastest time in Division III. His effort helped Wabash finish second out of six teams in the final standings.
 
Jones earned a place in the finals by running a time of 8.09 in the prelims, the second-quickest time of the season and of the weekend by a DIII runner trailing only the time of 8.01 produced by Mount Union's Mason Plant in Friday evening competition. Jones came back in the finals to win the race with a time of 8.13. Teammate Josh Wiggins placed third in the finals by crossing the finish line in 8.77 after qualifying with a time of 8.76 in the prelims.
 
Isaiah Campbell won the shot put with a top mark of 13.58 meters (44 feet, 6.75 inches). Donnie Mader added a third-place finish with a toss of 13.16 meters (43 feet, 2.25 inches). Mader also placed second in the weight throw with a top effort of 14.34 meters (47 feet. 0.75 inches) for his best mark of the season. Daniel Howe finished third in the weight throw with a distance of 13.62 meters (44 feet, 8.25 inches).
 
Jose Franco scored a pair of top-four finishes. He placed third in the 200-meter dash, finishing the race in 22.98 for the Little Giants' top time of the season in that event. He scored a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.43. Andrew Young finished second overall in the 400 dash by posting a time of 52.35.
 
Keith Abramson placed third with a season-best time of 2:00.05 in the 800-meter run. Lucas Bender cleared 4.11 meters (13 feet, 5.75 inches) to place third in the pole vault. Preston Whaley added a second-place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 13.20 meters (43 feet, 3.75 inches).
 
Wabash scored a total of 31.5 points to finish second behind Detroit Mercy with 40 points.
 
Whaley and a handful of teammates also competed at the Rose-Hulman Friday Night Invitational in Terre Haute. Whaley turned in a second-place performance in the long jump with a season-best leap of 6.53 meters (21 feet, 5.25 inches). Ahmaud Hill placed fifth in the triple jump with a top effort of 12.42 meters (40 feet, 9 inches). Trashan Clemons scored an eighth-place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 11.93 meters (39 feet, 1.75 inches). The trio scored a total of 13 points for an eighth-place finish in the team standings at the meet.