[14] Caryn Davies was elected president of the United States Olympians and Paralympians Association (USOPA) in 2021.

[10] During 2013–2014, Davies served as a clerk to Judge Richard Clifton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in Honolulu, Hawaii.

A local rowing club also recruited her into single sculling, where groups of teenagers launched off a beach into tidal estuarine waters.

Returning from Australia she continued with Cascadilla Boat Club and the Ithaca High School rowing team.

[4][17] She also won the prestigious Stotesbury cup regatta and the Scholastic Rowing Association single sculls in both 1999 and 2000, and the USRowing Youth invitational in 2000, placing her as the top US junior female rower at the time she left high school.

She was part of the U.S. Olympic women's eight that set a world record in the heat prior to a silver medal in the final in Athens, Greece.

As the most experienced oarsperson on the U.S. women's team she acted as a guiding figure: "Remember it's just like the World Championships – the same people doing the same thing – but with more flags.

[24] Davies' hobbies include travel, sailing, downhill skiing, horseback riding, yoga, and ballroom dancing.

[4][20] In high school, she competed for several years in competitive downhill skiing, reaching a 7th place in giant slalom in New York State.