SUNY GENESEO VS CANISIUS
- October 24, 2025
- Buffalo, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Geneseo Athletics
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The SUNY Geneseo women’s swimming and diving team defeated Division I opponent, Canisius, 175-125, improving to 4-0 overall to start the season.
Hannah Brockman opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing at 10:43.96, followed by Abby Funk and Thalia Marquez in second and third place. Brockman and Funk were on top again in the 500-yard freestyle with final times of 5:20.97 and 5:24.15. In the 100-and 200-yard breaststroke, Emily Thomas finished on top with times of 1:06.41 and 2:26.63. Chloe Marcyan took first in the 200-yard butterfly
In the 50-yard freestyle, Sibby Lowe, Erin Johannsen and Hannah Brianard swept the top three spots, touching at 24.70, 24.84 and 25.27, respectively. Alex Sotek led the way in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing at 59.17, followed by Sibby Lowe only .44 seconds later.
In the 1-meter dive, the Knights took first through fourth place, with Lydia Benjamin on top with a score of 222.90. Lauren Savage led the way in the 3-meter dive with a score of 209.70, followed by Benjamin and Morgan Davey in second and third. The 400-meter freestyle relay took first with a final time of 3:36.75.
The Knights compete at Brockport next Friday, October 31st at 5 PM.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The SUNY Geneseo men’s swimming and diving team defeated Division I foe, Canisius, 153 to 145, claiming their fourth win to open up their season.
In the 50-yard freestyle, Brian Pabisch and Jake Nielsen took the top two spots, touching at 20.77 and 20.87. They continued their stellar performance in the 100-yard freestyle, with Pabisch beating out Nielsen again with times of 46.59 and 47.42, respectively. Alex Palmer took first in the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM with a time of 2:05.02 and 1:55.94 respectively.
Geneseo took first through fourth in the 1-meter dive, with Greg Meder in first place, scoring 291.45 points. The Knights then had a top three finish in the 3-meter diver, with Meder again taking first place with a final score of 328.28.
In the 200-yard medley relay, the Knights took the top spot with a final time of 1:33.09, beating Canisius by .22 seconds. The 400-yard freestyle team finished first as well, touching at 3:05.17.
The Knights compete at Brockport next Friday, October 31st at 5 PM.
Courtesy: Canisius Athletics
Geneseo spoiled Canisius’ first home meet of the 2025-26 campaign by sweeping a dual meet in collegiate swimming and diving action Friday at the Burt Flickinger Center in downtown Buffalo.
The Knights won the women’s event by a final score of 175-125, while the Geneseo men’s team defeated the Golden Griffins by the score of 153-145.
For the second-straight week, the Canisius women’s 200 medley relay consisting of sophomore Daphne Mead and juniors Cassandra Ercoli, Leyna Swanson and Evie Leighton started the night off with a victory, as the Blue and Gold unit took first with a time of 1:46.85.
Mead, the reigning MAAC Female Swimmer of the Week, won three individual events on the night as well, starting with the 100-backstroke event, where she touched the wall in 58.15. The Baltimore, Md., native touched the wall first in the 200-yard backstroke race with a time of 2:06.98, a time that was 6.38 seconds faster than junior teammate SaraJo Gardner, who took second with her time of 2:13.39. Mead then capped off her night by winning the 200-yard IM race with a time of 2:09.55, a time that was 5.15 seconds faster than the event’s second-place finisher.
Leighton won two individual races as well, claiming first place in the 200 free with her time of 1:55.37, and she later placed first in the 100-yard freestyle race with a time of 53.38.
In the men’s event, freshman Gavin Ray won his first two collegiate events on Friday after he placed first in the 1,000 free (10:03.59) and the 500 free with his time of 4:52.56. Fellow freshman Luke Nagle placed second in both the 1,000 free (10:08.69) and 500 free (4:52.73).
Junior Tom McCabe and senior Sam Vidal made it a 1-2 finish for the Griffs in the 200 free, with McCabe placing first (1:44.47) and Vidal taking second (1.44.78). Junior Elliot Somers and freshman Alex Schuler turned in another 1-2 result in the men’s 100 back as Somers (51.47) claimed first and Schuler placed second (53.95). Somers also won the 200-yard backstroke as well by more than six seconds with his time of 1:54.17.
Senior Toby Mayfield recorded a pair of wins on the night for the Blue and Gold, as he took first in the 200 butterfly, placing nearly five seconds ahead of the second-place finisher with a time of 1:55.93. Mayfield came back and won the 100-yard butterfly race as well, touching the wall with a time of 50.74.
UP NEXT
Canisius travels to Vestal, N.Y., on Nov. 1 for a dual meet against Binghamton. Start time for the meet between the Griffs and Bearcats is slated for 1 p.m. at the Patricia A. Saunders Aquatic Center.
