Lea had a big final month of his first season at Southern Wesleyan, takgin a pair of Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field Championships victories. He won both the 110 meter hurdles and the 400 meter hurdles at the conference championship with times of 14.32 seconds and 53.82 seconds, respectively. Earlier in the month he he finished first in the 110 meter hurdles and eighth in the javelin at the Electric City Invitational. At the Lee Fast Break, he finished second in the 400 meter hurdles.