Samuels won the 800-meter run in a field of 24 competitors at Cornell's Deneault Invitational. His time of 1:54.79 is currently fourth in the AARTFC and 24th nationally in Division III. In addition, Samuels ran the anchor leg on Cortland's second-place 4x400-meter relay team that posted a time of 3:21.20, also an AARTFC qualifier.