GENESEO, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo men's swimming and diving team opened up its 2024-25 season with a 211-71 victory over Alfred St. in Alumni Pool on Saturday, Oct. 12. The Knights opened up the swim portion of the meet with the 200 yard medley relay, where the team of Griffin Merkling, Alex Palmer, Brian Pabisch, and Jake Nielsen took first at 1:34.03. Will Fagan kept the momentum going into the 1000 yard freestyle, where he finished first at 10:51.99. Geneseo had a thrilling finish in the 200 yard freestyle, where Pabisch and Jordan Nielsen tied for first with a time of 1:46.57. The 100 yard freestyle saw more Knights at the top of the leaderboard, with Edmund Wilson earning the win at 56.56. Jake Nielsen earned the fifth, first-place finish of the meet in the 100 yard breaststroke at 59.58. Closing out the first half of the meet with first place finishes was Connor Baird in the 200 yard butterfly (2:01.47) and Alex Stoker in the 50 yard freestyle (22.71).