At the ECAC Championships, Nalçaci placed fifth in the 200-yard backstroke touching the wall in 1:47.34 (1st in NEC) and set the meet record swimming a 48.20 in the 100-yard backstroke. The rookie from Ankara, Turkey helped the 800-yard freestyle relay team to a fifth place finish with a lead leg of 1:41.21, an eighth place finish in the 200 medley relay with a 22.24 split, and seventh in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a lead split time of 46.64.