Hough was the top Nazareth swimmer at the highly competitive Ithaca Invitational. He broke the school record in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.86 and placed fourth. He added season-best swims of 21.16 in the 50-free (4th place) and 46.09 in the 100-free (3rd place). In addition, he helped the Nazareth relays to top-10 finishes with times of 1:40.43 (200-yard medley relay), 1:28.88 (200-free relay), 3:41.88 (400-medley relay), 7:13.11 (800-free relay) and 3:13.56 (400-free relay).