Bunion began his first collegiate outdoor season by registering a noteworthy 400m dash time at the Raleigh Relays hosted by North Carolina State. The Garden State product flew around the track in 48.18 to jump into second place on the Northeast Conference leader board. The time is more than 1.0 second better than the IC4A Championship qualifying standard. Bunion also ran the leadoff leg for the LIU Brooklyn quartet that finished first in the 4x400m relay at NC State.