COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 800m – 2:11.19, 1500m – 4:13.45, Mile – 4:33.95, 3K – 9:18.18, 5K – 15:32.22, 10K – 33:03.96, 4K (XC) – 13:40.7, 6K (XC) – 19:59.9
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
RECORDS
2x Penn State school record holder
- Outdoor 5K (15:32.22)
- Outdoor 4x1500m relay (17:09.59 – NCAA No. 5 all-time)
No. 3 in Penn State history in the outdoor 10K (33:03.96)
No. 3 in Penn State history in the 1500m (4:13.45)
No. 3 in Penn State history in the mile (4:33.95)
No. 3 in Penn State history in the indoor DMR (10:57.65)
AWARDS
1x First Team All-American (’24 indoor DMR)
1x Second Team All-American (’24 outdoor 10K)
1x Mid-Atlantic All-Region honoree (’23 XC)
1x Big Ten Women’s Track Athlete of the Championships (’24 outdoor)
2x Big Ten Champion (’24 outdoor 5K, 10K)
1x Big Ten silver medalist (’24 indoor 5K)
1x XC Second Team All-Big Ten (’23)
1x Big Ten Women’s Cross Country Preseason Runner to Watch (’24)
1x Academic All-American (’24 Second Team)
1x USTFCCCA Academic All-District (’24)
1x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (F ’23, Sp. ‘24)
NOTES
The 2023 women’s cross country trio of Caron, Maddie Ullom (First Team All-Big Ten) and Kileigh Kane (Second Team All-Big Ten), became the first Penn State teammates to earn all-conference honors in the same season since 2016…Was a member of the 2023 women’s cross country NCAA Championship-qualifying team, Penn State’s first since 2019.
2024 Outdoor
Season: Won Big Ten titles in both the 5K and 10K (first Penn State woman ever to win both in the same career, let alone the same meet), earning Women’s Track Athlete of the Championships for her effort at the conference meet…Posted a Second Team All-America result in the 10K in her first trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships…Set Penn State records in the 5K and 4x1500m relay, achieved No. 3 time in the 1500m and No. 3 time in the 10K.
Bryan Clay Invitational (4/11-13): Set the Penn State school record in the outdoor 5K with a 15:32.22 in her 17th place finish. Penn Relays (4/25-27): Set the No. 3 1500m time in Penn State history (4:13.45) before setting the school record in the 4x1500m (17:09.59 – NCAA No. 5 all-time). Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12): Completed a historic title double, claiming both the 5K (15:52.39) and 10K (33:04.18) crowns at the conference meet…She became the first Penn State woman to ever win both events in a single career, let alone at the same meet…Her 5K title was Penn State’s second in a row at the outdoor meet, following Faith DeMars’ win in 2023. NCAA East Region Prelims (5/22-25): In her second career 10K, clocked the No. 3 time in school history (33:03.96) to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships…Placed 13th in the 5K (15:52.39), finishing just outside another championship-qualifying spot. NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/5-8): In her third NCAA Championships appearance of the year, Caron placed 14th in the 10K with a 33:26.98…Earned Second Team All-America honors for her performance.
2024 Indoor
Season: Earned First Team All-America honors in the DMR…Placed second in the Big Ten in the 5K at the conference championships.
Penn State National Open (1/26-27): Finished fourth in a very competitive mile, clocking the third-fastest time in Penn State history, a 4:33.95 effort. Penn State Tune-Up (2/16): Set her benchmark in the 3K, running a 9:18.18 to win the event. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Posted three scoring performances at the indoor conference meet…Placed second in the 5K with a 16:09.97…Finished eighth in the 3K with a 9:23.40…Claimed seventh in the mile with a 3:39.79 in the finals. NCAA Indoor Championships (3/7-9): Finished eighth in the country in the DMR (10:57.65), claiming the first First Team All-America honor of her Penn State career.
2023 Cross Country
Season: Earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships (11th place), helping the Nittany Lion women to a fourth-place conference finish…Finished 11th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional meet, earning All-Region honors...Helped Penn State’s women’s team qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Dolan Duals (9/1): Posted a 13:40.7 in the 4K season-opener, finishing second overall in her first competition as a Nittany Lion. Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/8): Ran a 21:06.8 for third place in Penn State’s first and only home meet of the 2023 season. Big Ten Cross Country Championships (10/27): Clocked a 21:32.4 in the 6K race, finishing 11th overall and earning her first All-Big Ten Second Team selection. NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (11/10): Broke 20:00 in the 6K, 19:59.9 to be exact, for 11th overall and her first Mid-Atlantic All-Region honor…Helped her team to a second-place finish, earning a berth to the NCAA Cross Country Championships. NCAA Cross Country Championships (11/18): Finished her season 182nd in the country with a 21:18.6 6K in her first National Championship appearance.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Competed at Laval University in Canada where she won the USports cross country team title in 2022…Second place in the 1500 and 3000 at the RSEQ championships in 2023…Was a third place finisher in the RSEQ conference in cross country and the 1500m in 2022…Owns the third-fastest indoor mile in Quebec history…Earned All-Canadian Academic honors.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Donald Caron and Marie-Josée Gagnon…Has two siblings: brother, Rémi, and sister, Charlotte…Born in Canada…Studying linguistics at Penn State…Chose Penn State “to run fast.”