At the UAB Vulcan Invite, Kurz won the 3000-meter race with a provisional mark of 8:12.01. One day later, Kurz won the mile race at the Emory Crossplex Showdown, again with a provisional mark of 4:07.93. As a result, Kurz's recorded conference-leading performances in both events this season. The graduate runner picked up his third first-place of the weekend in 800m after clocking in 1:54.34. With that performance, Kurz is currently No. 3 in the Men's 800m among GSC leaders.