With a total of ten Olympic and World Championship medals, Carey is tied with Aly Raisman as the fifth most decorated U.S. female gymnast of all time.

[10][11] In August, Carey participated in the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships where she won gold on vault and silver on floor exercise, behind Ragan Smith.

[13] In September, Carey was selected to represent the United States at the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal alongside Ragan Smith, Morgan Hurd, and Ashton Locklear.

[23] On August 20 Carey was named to the team to compete at the Pan American Championships alongside Grace McCallum, Trinity Thomas, Kara Eaker, and Shilese Jones.

[32] During event finals Carey won silver on vault, once again behind Andrade,[33] and fifth on floor exercise after stepping out of bounds three times.

[39] The following day, she competed in the floor exercise final with higher difficulty and won the gold medal ahead of Mori and three-time Olympian Vanessa Ferrari.

[48] In September Carey competed at the US World Championships trials where she placed fifth in the all-around behind Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Kara Eaker, and MyKayla Skinner.

The following day she was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart alongside Biles, Lee, Eaker, Skinner, and Grace McCallum.

[50] In the team final, Carey competed on vault and floor exercise, receiving the second highest scores of the day on each, behind Biles, and helping the USA win the gold medal ahead of Russia and Italy.

[51] During the vault final Carey performed a Cheng and an Amanar, taking a step out of bounds on the latter, earning an average score of 14.883 and winning the silver medal behind Biles and ahead of Ellie Downie of Great Britain.

[55] In late January Carey was listed on a nominative roster that was released for the Melbourne World Cup, scheduled to take place on February 20.

[56][57] During the vault final she competed the Cheng and double twisting Yurchenko and won gold ahead of Coline Devillard of France.

[62] During podium training for the National Championships Carey debuted a laid out version of the Biles II (triple twisting double salto).

[66] Despite finishing ninth in qualifications, she initially did not qualify to the all-around final due to two-per-country limitations as Biles and Sunisa Lee placed higher.

[67] During the all-around final Carey recorded the second highest vault (behind Rebeca Andrade) and floor exercise (behind Mai Murakami and tied with Angelina Melnikova) scores; however she fell off the balance beam and finished eighth overall.

She placed fifth in the all-around, first on vault, second on floor exercise behind Shilese Jones, seventh on balance beam, and ninth on uneven bars.

[76] In October Carey was selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships alongside Skye Blakely, Jordan Chiles, Shilese Jones, and Leanne Wong.

[78] During the team final Carey contributed scores on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise towards the USA's gold medal finish.

She next competed at the Core Hydration Classic where she placed fourth in the all-around behind Simone Biles, Shilese Jones, and Jordan Chiles; she won gold on vault.

[87] At the Olympic trials Carey placed fourth in the all-around, first on vault, eighth on uneven bars, sixth on balance beam, and second on floor exercise.

As a result, she was selected to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Biles, Chiles, Sunisa Lee, and Hezly Rivera.

[93] Carey verbally committed to compete in NCAA gymnastics at Oregon State University, starting in the 2018-19 school year.

[97] Carey made her long awaited NCAA debut on January 15, 2022, 1528 days after she signed her national letter of intent with Oregon State University.

[98] In the tri-meet against Washington and San Jose State Carey competed on all four apparatuses earning a 9.95 on the uneven bars and a 9.90 on the other three events, totaling a 39.650 all-around score.

Due to the new NIL rule change for NCAA athletes in the summer of 2021, Carey was eligible to profit off of her name, image, and likeness.

[100] On January 23, at the second meet of the season against UCLA and UC Davis, Carey scored 9.975 on balance beam and floor exercise, 9.950 on uneven bars, and 9.90 on vault, totaling 39.800 in the all-around.

Although Oregon State was eliminated after finishing third behind Utah and Stanford, Carey earned an individual all-around berth to compete at the upcoming NCAA Championship.

Additionally she co-won the titles on balance beam and floor exercise alongside Mya Luazon and Jordan Chiles respectively.

[125] At the first meet of the season, the Mean Girls Super 16 event in Las Vegas, Carey competed on only uneven bars and balance beam, earning a 9.975 and a 9.90 respectively.

Her parents, Brian Carey and Danielle Mitchell-Greenberg, owned a gym when she was born, allowing her to get involved with gymnastics at a young age.