Bernhardt earned three individual wins and swam on three winning relays to help Cortland claim the team title at the six-team, two-day Cortland Snow Flurries Invitational. He won the 500-yard freestyle (4:47.47), the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.54) and the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:57.45), and contributed to the winning 400-yard medley relay (3:39.39), 200-yard freestyle relay (1:28.62) and 400-yard freestyle relay (3:14.55).