“Gonna Be a Party”: Fresh From Swiss Cup Triumph, Jade Carey Gears up for NCAA Gymnastics Season

Published 12/11/2023, 9:00 AM EST

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Jade Carey, the Olympian, the Pan American champion, and more recently, the Swiss Cup victor. The 23-year-old has been presenting excellence on the national and international stages alike for years. However, alongside the championship roles, Carey has been a college student and an NCAA athlete at Oregon State University. And her continued international success hasn’t diverted the gymnastics star from her primary ground.

Jade Carey who competed at the Junior Olympics Nationals in 2016, today, stands as the sixth-most decorated US female gymnast. The title stuck around as she returned triumphant from the Swiss Cup earlier in November with an overall score of 29.050. A month later, the 23-year-old is all ready to get back on the NCAA mats and dominate the championships.

The gymnastics star readies herself for a ‘party’

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The NCAA Gymnastics is back for the 2024 season, and the collegiate athletes couldn’t fill the air with more excitement. Joining in among the thousands in Jade, visibly so with her recent update. “It’s gonna be a PARTY. See you there!!! @ Gill Coliseum” Carey wrote on her Instagram stories resharing a post by Beaver Gym. Six days to Orange and Black,” the post captioned as the athletes were all smiles, high-fiving each other.

The Orange and Black Army -colors of OSU- will start their 2024 Gymnastics schedule on the 16th of December. The season will officially mark a beginning with the Super 16 challenge following a meet on Saturday. Jade Carey, as the 13th NCAA Gymnast All-Time to Complete GymSlam, will look to elevate status yet again. However, past the Championships in April, the gymnast will keep her presence on the mats in hopes of 2024 Paris.

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Jade Carey looks to erase a memory

In 2020, Jade Carey earned her title as the 2020 Olympic Champion on the floor. However, while the apparatus delivered glory, the vault wasn’t a smooth sail for the gymnast. The misstep has been a motivation for Jade to try for the Olympics and hopefully erase the memory. I still think of it often, said Carey according to Olympics.com If I’m having a bad day, I try to use it to motivate myself.” With that she expects to herself and everybody else that she can dominate the Olympic stage once again.

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In the process of it all, Carey will look to tread the NCAA carefully mostly focusing on Bars and Beams, and take it by the week. The gymnastics prodigy ended the 2023 meet as the nation’s top all-arounder, putting up the season’s best score of 39.875.

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Shivatmika Manvi

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