Phoenix Olympian Jade Carey captures all-around title in college debut with Oregon State
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Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey wasted little time making her name known on the college gymnastics stage with her first all-around title in No. 19 Oregon State's season opener against Washington and San Jose State.
In her college debut, Carey posted a 39.650 to win the all-around title and swept all of her events. Carey's best performance came on the bars when she took the event title with a 9.95.
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Carey, who trained at Arizona Sunrays Gymnastics & Dance, is coming off an Olympic performance in Tokyo where she took the gold medal in the floor exercise.
The floor is sticky for @jadeacarey ... 9.95 for the Beav!@BeaverAthletics | #GoBeavs pic.twitter.com/iAzoe9cS0E
— Oregon State Gymnastics (@BeaverGym) January 16, 2022
Carey's floor exercise bolstered Oregon State's best rotation of the night as she won the event with 9.90. After the meet, Carey tweeted: "It was worth the wait."
.@NCAA_Gymnastics let us introduce you to THE floor queen 👑@jadeacarey | #GoBeavs pic.twitter.com/SIiDSYAf1f
— Oregon State Gymnastics (@BeaverGym) January 16, 2022
Carey will return to action on Sunday, Jan. 23 when the Beavers host UCLA at 2 p.m. The contest will be aired on Pac-12 Network.
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