Gymnast of the Week: Jade Carey, Fr., Oregon State (Phoenix, Ariz.)
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Tied for nation's best all-around score of 39.825 in a victory over then-No. 21 Arizona State, breaking her old Oregon State record that she set back on Jan. 23 against UCLA.
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Claimed titles in all four events: vault (9.925), bars (10.0), beam (9.925) and floor (9.975).
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Carey's Perfect 10 on bars was the first of her career and the first Beaver on the apparatus since Kaytianna McMillian did so in 2017.
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Anchored the Orange & Black in all four events as the Beavers posted their highest team score this season with a 197.375.
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The Olympic gold medalist is first in the nation for the all-around, tied for first on bars, fifth on floor, sixth on beam and eighth on vault.
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Second Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week award and fourth Pac-12 weekly honor of the season.
Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Jordan Chiles, Fr., UCLA (Vancouver, Wash.)
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Scored her first career Perfect 10, earning a perfect mark on just her second floor routine of the season.
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The Perfect 10 was the first by a Bruin since Mar. 8, 2020 and the first by a Bruin on floor since Jan. 31, 2020.
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Won the all-around with a career-high 39.700, the highest all-around score by a UCLA freshman since Tasha Schwikert scored 39.725 at the 2005 NCAA Regional.
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Set or tied her career-highs on every event and the all-around.
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Helped UCLA record season-high team totals on every event, as the Bruins improved upon their previous season high by 1.25 points.
Specialist of the Week: Maile O'Keefe, Jr., Utah (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Posted the meet-winning beam routine over rival UCLA to lead Utah to its 16th straight regular-season conference win.
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Following a 10.0 from UCLA with the crowd roaring, O'Keefe needed a 9.975 or better to clinch the win, and scored exactly that to win the road meet and earn her second-straight beam title.
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O'Keefe's 9.975 is her fourth score on beam of 9.90 or better with three of those coming in at 9.95-plus. She is ranked fourth in the nation on beam and first in the Pac-12.
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She also posted a 9.925 on the floor while scoring 9.875 on bars to add to Utah's season-high 49.550 on bars, which is the third best bars score in the country.
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Has hit 15-15 routines this season and 99-99 career routines.
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Second Pac-12 weekly honor this season (Gymnast of the Week - Feb. 1).
Coaches Choice: Madi Dagen, Sr., Oregon State (Pleasanton, Calif.)
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The senior captain has continued to learn and push herself on her bar routine to help better the Oregon State Beavers. Against No. 21 ASU she boasted a personal-best 9.90 on the apparatus.
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Over the last year and a half, Dagen has continued to work on the Tkatchev release, which has upgraded her bar routine to a 10.0 this season.
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Claimed second in three events behind teammate Jade Carey: vault (9.90), bars (9.90), and floor (9.925).
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Dagen's career-high 39.550 all-around performance against ASU was second behind Carey and third overall last week in the Pac-12.
2022 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Weekly Awards
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Gymnast
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Specialist
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Freshman/Newcomer
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Coaches Choice
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Jan. 11
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Cristal Isa, Utah
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Jaedyn Rucker, Utah
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Amelie Morgan, Utah
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Jillian Hoffman, Utah
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Jan. 18
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Kyla Bryant, Stanford
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Sage Thompson, Utah
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Grace McCallum, Utah
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Wesley Stephenson, Stanford
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Jan. 25
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Jade Carey, Oregon State
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Jillian Hoffman, Utah
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Jade Carey, Oregon State
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Skylar Killough-Wilhelm, Washington
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Feb. 1
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Maile O'Keefe, Utah
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Cristal Isa, Utah
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Jade Carey, Oregon State
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Emi Watterson, California
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Feb. 8
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Jade Carey, Oregon State
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Maile O'Keefe, Utah
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Jordan Chiles, UCLA
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Madi Dagen, Oregon State
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