Gladman showed great potential during the first meet of his collegiate career, nearly posting IC4A qualifying marks in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes. His 200-meter time of 22.29s placed him fourth in a 70-entrant field at Kent State’s season-opening Golden Flash Gala and was nine-hundredths of a second off of the IC4A standard. Gladman was sixth out of 76 finishers in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.05s, seven-hundredths of a second off the required IC4A mark.