Balcer reached two NCAA Division II Provisional marks at the Music City Challenge to earn his first GSC Track Athlete of the Week award this season. The redshirt-junior reached his first Provisional mark in the mile where he placed 27th out of 74 finishers with a time of 4:08.73. He would not stop there, though, as the Hurley, Miss. native would reach his second Provisional mark with a split of 4:06 in the distance medley relay, helping Mississippi College to finish 3rd in the event.