Florence Caron Season 2026

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 800m – 2:11.19, 1500m – 4:19.89, Mile – 4:40.70, 3K – 9:34.61, 4K (XC) – 13:40.7, 6K (XC) – 19:59.9
 
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
 
AWARDS
1x All-Big Ten Second Team (’23 XC)
1x NCAA Mid-Atlantic All-Region (’23 XC)
1x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (F ’23)
 
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.
 
2023 Cross Country
Season: Earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships (11^th place), helping the Nittany Lion women to a fourth-place conference finish…Finished 11^th 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 11^th 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 11^th 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 182^nd 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.”