Fairley got off to a great start for the 2023-24 season with a pair of individual wins and a relay victory Saturday against Alfred State in the season-opening meet. He won the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 9:22.89 and took first in the 400-freestyle with a time of 4:29.62. He capped the meet by swimming the lead leg of the winning 200-meter freestyle relay with a split of 25.49 to help the Golden Flyers to the first place finish in the race.