Career
As of 2006, she currently holds a New Zealand record of 1:09.26 in the 100 m breaststroke from the World Championship Trials in Auckland. On the same year, she helped out the New Zealand team to pull off a fourth-place effort in the medley relay at the in Melbourne, Australia, with a record-breaking time of 4:06.30. Carey qualified for two events, as New Zealand"s youngest swimmer (aged 15), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
She cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:12.57 (100 m breaststroke) from the Olympic trials in Auckland.
In the 100 m breaststroke, she challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including fellow 15-year-old Lee Ji-young of South of Korea. She rounded out the field to last place and thirty-fifth overall by 0.28 of second behind Lee in 1:13.21.
She also teamed up with Hannah McLean, Elizabeth Coster, and Alison Fitch in the 4×100 m medley relay. Swimming the breaststroke leg in heat one, Carey recorded a time of 1:11.98, but the New Zealand team settled for sixth place and thirteenth overall in a final time of 4:10.37.
Carey also sought her second Olympic bid to compete for the New Zealand team in Beijing 2008.
She was an all-time favorite in the national trials, campaigning for her second Olympic stint. In an all-important final, Carey lost her goggles upon diving in. She managed to finish in second place behind Zoe Baker at, but missed out on an Olympic spot.