Competing in his home town of Baltimore in a dual meet against Towson, Benton's first showing of the month saw him earn a second place finish in the 200 butterfly after touching in 1:56.65 (7th in the NEC). The junior contributed to a pair of relays, helping guide the Bison to runner-up finishes in the 200 freestyle relay (1:26.22) and the 400 medley relay (3:26.68). Next up, Benton took home a pair of top-three finishes in a quad meet against VMI, American and Saint Francis U. Benton won the 100 butterly, touching in 49.45, which ranks third on the NEC performance list. He followed with a second place finish in the 200 butterfly, clodking a 1:52.62 (5th in NEC). Benton also took part in the Bison's 200 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay victories with times of 1:23.53 and 1:31.18, respectively. His extracted time of 23.02 in the 50 butterfly marked the fourth-best time in the conference this season.