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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

Taylor Barber
Taylor Barber
Erik Schelkun
Amber Searls

Cara Mooney

  • Event Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Springboro, Ohio
  • Highschool Springboro

Biography

Event Personal Record Date
 Mile (Indoor) 4:56.79 2/21/2026
800 (Indoor) 2:17.37 1/31/2026
800 (Outdoor) 2:13.35 4/10/2026
1500 (Outdoor) 4:29.40 4/24/2026
3000 10:22.38 2/8/2025

2025-26 (Junior)
Outdoor
  • 2026 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track and Field Champion
  • Won bronze with the 4x800m Relay Team (8:54.08) with Anna Newkirk, Mia Gill, and Reese Kohnle at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships
  • Recorded a PR in the 1,500m (4:29.40) and finished first at the Clark Wood Open hosted by the University of Louisville
  • Ran a personal best in the 800m (2:13.35) and finished seventh at the Fast Break Invitational hosted by Lee University 
  • Finished third in the 4x400 Relay with Addison Stephens, Ashley Alsko, and Anna Newkirk at the Blizzard Buster hosted by Miami University
Indoor
  • Finished fourth with the Distance Medley Relay Team (11:53.35) of Grace Felts, Anna Newkirk, and Bryn Hothem at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
  • Recorded a personal best in the mile of 4:56.79 and finished first at the Wittenberg Invitational
  • Set a PR of 5:00.56 in the mile at the Fairgrounds Invitational
2024-25 (Sophomore)
Indoor
  • Named to the 2024-2025 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • Recorded a PR in the Mile (5:01.17) and finished 11th at the A-10 Indoor Championships
  • Won the Mile (5:01.77) at the Doug Raymon Invitational hosted by Kent State
  • Posted a new personal best in the 3,000m and finished ninth (10:22.38) at the Gem City Invitational hosted by UD
  • Set a new PR in the 800m (2:19.18) and finished 7th at the Wolverine Invitational hosted by the University of Michigan
2023-24 (Freshman)
Outdoor
  • PR in both the 800m (2:16.74) and 1500m (4:38.95) at the Jesse Owens Classic hosted by Ohio State
  • PR in the 800m (2:18.13) at the Tennessee Invite
  • PR and finished 7th in the 1500m (4.42.35) at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational hosted by the University of Cincinnati
  • PR and finished 1st in the 800m (2:20.76) at the Blizzard Buster hosted by Miami University
  • PR and finished 7th in the 1500m (4:43.39) at the Blizzard Buster hosted by Miami University
Indoor
  • PR in the Mile (5:03.96) and finished 8th at the A-10 Championships
  • Member of the Distance Medley Relay that finished 9th at the A-10 Championships
  • PR in the 800 and finished 11th at the Marshall Invitational
  • Finished 4th in the Mile at the Marshall Invitational
High School
  • Mid-East Championships 1st place team - 2022
  • All-Ohio (2020-2022)
  • All-Conference 1st team (2020-2022)
  • All-Conference 2nd team - 2019
  • State Championship Qualifier (2019-2022)
  • Conference All-Academic Team (2019-2022)
  • Academic All-Ohio (2020-2022)
  • National Honor Society
  • Distinguished Graduate
  • Presidential Award recipient
  • Springboro Female Scholar Athlete of the Year - 2023

High School Personal Records
  • 5K - 18:33.70
  • 3200m - 11:05.47
  • 1600m - 4:51.50
  • 800m - 2:16.80

Personal
  • Daughter of Jill and Tom Mooney
  • Has two siblings: Chris and Meredith
  • Majoring in Chemical Engineering
  • Career aspiration is to become a nuclear engineer

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025-26Junior