Jade Carey de l’Oregon State Beavers participates in the ground exercise during the gymnastics meeting of the senior day against the Falcons of Air Force at the Gill Coliseum on March 15, 2025 in Corvalis, in Oregon.Ali Gradischer for Oregonian / Oregonlive
The ceiling on a career of decorated and historic collegial gymnastics, Jade Carey de l’Oregon State finished fourth at the NCAA championships Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas.
Carey had superlative performances in the balance beam, the exercise on the ground and the unequal bars before weakening in the safe to take the fourth with a complete score of 39.6250. A hop on landing in the safe prevented him from capturing what would have been the first versatile national championship of the school.
Jordan Bowers of Oklahoma (39,7125) won the individual title of the NCAA.
Carey, however, added to its total university medals, because it equaled the third in the balance bundle. She finished with four silver medals from the NCAA and two bronze during her four years in Oregon State.
Carey’s career includes two gold medals at the Olympic Games and three at the world championships.
Although the Beavers team did not do the national semi-finals, Carey qualified as an individual and filmed with the LSU n ° 1. She would wait until six tigers occur in each event before intensifying to execute their routine.
Beginning with bars, Carey won a 9.9125 and stuck his landing with calm confidence. Shortly after on the beam, she was still smooth and put her feet down on each flip, winning a 9,9,500. This put Carey in equality for the first time on two rotations.
Carey was alone first after three rotations, winning a 9.9125 on his floor routine. She was closely dragged by her Olympic teammate Jordan Chiles, whose total score was only 0.01 points behind. Chiles, who participates in the UCLA, grew up in Vancouver, Wash.
With Chiles on the beam and Carey on the jump, minor errors cost peppers when she marked a 9,8250. Carey only needed a 9.9375 on Vault to link Bowers and secure his first national title.
A hop on sealed landing The fate of Carey, however, when it marked a 9,8500 on the safe and made the title individual in Bowers.
– Ryan Clarke Covers university sports for Oregonian / Oregonlive. Join it to rclarke@oregonian.com or on Twitter / X: @Ryantclarke. Find it on Bluesky: @ ryantclarke.bsky.social.
