COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 200m – 25.38, 800m – 2:15.21, 60mH – 8.55, 100mH – 14.23, HJ – 5-7 (1.70m), LJ – 19-6.75 (5.96m), SP – 37-5.75 (11.42m), JT – 76-1 (23.20m), PENT – 4,080, HEP – 5,152
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
RECORDS:
No. 4 in school history in the pentathlon (4,080 pts)
No. 9 in school history in the heptathlon (5,152 pts)
AWARDS:
2x Big Ten Champion (’22, ‘24 pentathlon)
3x Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (’24, ‘23, ‘22)
3x Academic All-Big Ten (’24, ‘23, ‘22)
3x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (’24, ’23, ‘22)
2024 Outdoor
Season: Competed in four meets during the outdoor season, achieving a 100m hurdle PR.
UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23): Competed in five individual events and set her 100mH PR with a 14.23 mark. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12): Competed in the long jump…Recorded an 18-1 (5.51m) leap to finish 17th in the conference.
2024 Indoor
Season: Won her second career Big Ten pentathlon title in her final indoor season with the Nittany Lions.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): In her first meet of the season, competed in four individual events…Recorded an 18-7.25 (5.67m) long jump mark to take third in the competition…Placed fourth with an 8.66 in the 60-meter hurdles. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Won the Big Ten pentathlon crown finishing top-six in each of the five contested events…Set her shot put PR with a 37-5.75 (11.42m) toss…Finished fourth in the high jump (5-5.75, 1.67m), fifth in the 60mH (8.70) and 800m (2:17.58), and sixth in the long jump (18-5.75, 5.63m).
2023 Outdoor
Season: Competed in six meets in 2023, picking up a second-place finish in the long jump at LSU.
LSU Lloyd Willis Invitational (4/8): Posted a 19-9.5 (6.03m) (+2.2 m/s) in the long jump for a second-place finish.
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/12-14): Finished tenth in the conference in the long jump, going 19-3.25 (5.87m)…Did not finish the heptathlon.
2023 Indoor
Season: Finished fifth in the pentathlon at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a season-best 3,947.
Penn State National Open (1/27-28): Won the pentathlon with 3,925 points, finishing first in the 60mH, HJ, and 800m, and coming in second and third in the LJ and SP, respectively. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24-25): Finished top-seven in every event except the shot put and totaled 3,947 to claim fifth place in the conference in the event.
2022 Outdoor
Season: Qualified for NCAA East Preliminaries in the long jump following a fifth-place finish in the Big Ten Championships in the heptathlon.
Penn Challenge (3/19): In her first outdoor competition for the Nittany Lions, Royce finished first in the 100m hurdles and the long jump, setting personal bests in both events...Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/8-9): Placed fourth in the heptathlon with a personal best 200m dash...Virginia Challenge (4/22-23): Finished third in the heptathlon...Penn Relays (4/28-30): Won gold in the long jump...Big Ten Championships (5/13-15): Placed fifth in the heptathlon, recording an overall win in the 800m, and personal bests in the javelin throw and the shot put...NCAA East Preliminaries (5/25-28): Competed in the long jump.
2022 Indoor
Season: Became the Big Ten Champion in the pentathlon, setting personal bests in the 60m hurdles and the 800m run in the event.
Bison Opener (12/3-4/22): Placed first in the pentathlon in her very first competition at Penn State...Penn State National Open (1/21-22): Came in fourth place in the pentathlon with top-three finishes in every event except for a foul in the long jump...Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge (2/4-5): Finished first in the pentathlon once again, with overall wins in the 60m hurdles and the 800m...Big Ten Championships (2/25-26): Won the Big Ten Championship in the pentathlon, placing first in the high jump and second in the 60m hurdles, the 800m, and the long jump. Her efforts in the 60m hurdles and the 800m still stand as her personal bests.
BEFORE PENN STATE
AT MARYLAND
2021 Outdoor
Season: Competed in one meet.
Maryland B1G Invite (3/26-27): Only competition of the season, placed top-ten in three events.
2021 Indoor
Season: Competed in six events through the course of the season, including a 10th place finish in the pentathlon at the Big Ten Championships.
B1G Indoor Invitational (2/12-13): Placed third in the pentathlon...Big Ten Championships (2/25-27): Finished 10th in the pentathlon as a sophomore at Maryland.
2020 Outdoor
Season: Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor
Season: Competed in seven meets for Maryland, including a 14th place in the Big Ten Championships in the pentathlon as a freshman.
Terrapin Invitational (1/18): Finished top-three in 60m hurdles, long jump and high jump. The high jump still stands as her personal record...Navy Select (2/21): Posted second place finishes in high jump and long jump...Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29): 14th place finish in the pentathlon.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kenny and Kristin Royce...Graduated from Penn State in 2024 with a degree in rehabilitation & human services...Born in Canada...Chose Penn State because “Penn State was a school I could see myself excel both academically and athletically. I saw a program with a determined and positive team culture as well as a staff who truly wanted their athletes to excel.”