Clay recorded three NEC top-ten times in a narrow one-point setback to Niagara in a dual meet. Clay won the 200 breaststroke, setting a pool record of 2:04.17 in the process, a time that also placed him fourth on the conference leaderboard. The freshman's 56.29 in the 100 breast was a program record, good for another first place finish and sixth in NEC. His final individual race was the 200 individual medley in which he clocked a 1:55.06 to take second. The Dolphins also landed a first place team finish in the 200 medley relay, touching in 1:33.49.