With her Robert Morris career winding down, Downing continued her stellar senior season by taking home a pair of individual titles at the Bucknell Five-Way meet. In the hammer throw, Downing shattered her own school record with an NCAA East Regional qualifying and NEC performance list leading throw of 56.75m, eclipsing her mark of 55.19m set in 2004. The senior also won the discus with a NEC performance list leading and season best throw of 43.23m. Downing finished out the meet with a pair of third place finishes in the shot put (12.22m) and the javelin (39.11m).