GENESEO, N.Y. - The Empire 8 announced its conference awards for men's indoor track and field on Tuesday, March 25, and SUNY Geneseo came home with two major awards and 18 different student-athletes earning All-Conference recognition. Jack Towns was named the Empire 8 Rookie of the Year, and the coaching staff, led by Chris Popovici, was named the Coaching Staff of the Year.

Towns enjoyed a tremendous debut for the Knights, winning the 200-meter dash at the E8 Championship, in a time of 22.04 seconds. He also recorded a season-best time of 48.89 seconds in the 400-meters at Boston University in February. Towns also earned USTFCCCA All-Niagara Region honors in the 200-meters and finished the season ranked 44th nationally in the event.

Popovici and his staff of assistant coaches Dan Moore, Christian Johnson, Kieran Sheridan, Gwen Shepardson and Kyle Rollins was named the 2024-25 Empire 8 Coaching Staff of the Year. The Knights won their first Empire 8 Indoor Track & Field Championship in decisive fashion. Overall, Geneseo had 18 different student-athletes earn All-Conference honors, while Jacob Miller earned NCAA First Team All-American honors in the 400-meter dash, placing seventh at nationals. The Knights shattered three E8 Indoor Track and Field Championship records and four overall league marks in 2024-25.

Brendan Style was named to the Sportsman of the Year team for Geneseo. "One member of each team was named that institution's representative on the 2024-25 Men's Indoor Track & Field Sportsman of the Year Team. The Empire 8 Conference emphasizes that "Competing with Honor and Integrity" is an essential component of a student-athlete's experience in conjunction with an institution's educational mission. These honorees have distinguished themselves and consistently exhibit the critical traits as outstanding sportsmen."

All-Conference Honors (Top-3 In E8 Championship Meet Event):
60-Meter Dash
Second Team: Bergen Caprood, Fr., SUNY Geneseo – :7.00
 
60-Meter Hurdles
First Team: Brendan Style, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – :8.30
 
200-Meter Dash
First Team: Jack Towns, Fr., SUNY Geneseo – :22.04
 
400-Meter Dash
First Team: Jacob Miller, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – :48.27 (Championship Record)
Second Team: Sam Belmont, So., SUNY Geneseo – :49.50
 
800-Meter Run
Second Team: Matthew Sheehan, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 1:54.03
 
Mile
Second Team: Mike Taranto, So., SUNY Geneseo – 4:12.62

3,000-Meters
First Team: Pierce Young, So., SUNY Geneseo – 8:26.44 (Championship Record)
Second Team: Charlie Wilson, Gr., SUNY Geneseo – 8:27.02
Third Team: Mike Taranto, So., SUNY Geneseo – 8:27.45
 
5,000-Meters
First Team: Charlie Wilson, Gr., SUNY Geneseo – 14:49.94
Second Team: Anson Butler, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 14:50.05
Third Team: Pierce Young, So., SUNY Geneseo – 14:50.15
 
4 x 400-Meter Relay
First Team: Sam Belmont, So., Matthew Sheehan, Sr., Andrew Kent, Jr., Jacob Miller, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 3:17.73 (Championship Record)
 
Distance Medley Relay
First Team: Logan Baker, Fr., Arjun Ojha., Fr., Matthew Sheehan, Sr., Brian Kenny, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 10:24.55
 
High Jump
Third Team: Cory Jarvis, So., SUNY Geneseo – 1.87 meters
 
Triple Jump
Third Team: Sean Stewart, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 13.83 meters
 
Shot Put
Second Team: Ray Trottier, So., SUNY Geneseo – 15.07 meters
 
Heptathlon
Second Team: Daniel Pagan, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 4,598 points