 Caryn's brother Kenneth also represented the US as a junior rower, and well as rowing at Cornell University, achieving the position of Commodore of the Cornell Crew in his senior year and receiving All Ivy Academic Honors for all four years.Davies rowed for Harvard from 2001–2003, leading the team to an NCAA championship in 2003, and again in 2005, after taking a year off for the Olympics.She has again taken a year off from Columbia Law School to compete in 2012.