Budge turned in a solid performance in the 800m at the Blue Devil Invite. Clocking in with a personal-best time of 1:52.92, the rookie took runner-up honors and moved into third place on the NEC performance list in the process. Budge went on to run a leg of Central Connecticut's 4x400m relay team that finished in first place. The Newtown, CT native was also pegged the NEC Rookie of the Week for the first time this season.