Team USA star Jordan Chiles and the UCLA Bruins will compete for an NCAA title Saturday after advancing out of their semifinal session at the 2025 gymnastics championships in Fort Worth, Texas.
Chiles, who was part of the U.S. team that won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, helped propel the Bruins ahead of No. 1 seed and defending NCAA champion LSU, which failed to advance in a thrilling second semifinal session at Dickies Arena. UCLA will be joined in the finals by Utah, Missouri and Oklahoma, which has won five of the past eight national championships.
Florida, Michigan State and Alabama joined LSU as the four semifinalists who did not make the cut.
Thursday’s semifinal sessions also decided the NCAA champions in the women’s all-around competition and the four individual events. Two-time U.S. Olympian Jade Carey, who represents Oregon State, and 2021 Olympic silver medalist Grace McCallum were among the headliners in a crowded field that also featured U.S. alternates Leanne Wong (Florida) and Joscelyn Roberson (Arkansas).
Ultimately, though, it was Jordan Bowers of Oklahoma who claimed the individual all-around title Thursday, finishing just ahead of McCallum and Sooners teammate Faith Torrez, who placed second and third, respectively. They were followed by Carey in fourth and Chiles in fifth. (Roberson finished 13th and Wong placed 17th.)
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Jordan Chiles sticks dismount to win NCAA title on uneven bars
Jordan Chiles finished fifth in the individual all-around competition, but she will still leave Fort Worth with an NCAA title.
The Olympic gold medalist nailed her dismount on uneven bars en route to a near-perfect score of 9.975, appearing somewhere between shocked and emotional after her feet hit the mat. The routine put her atop the leaderboard, ahead of her 2021 U.S. Olympic teammate Grace McCallum, who finished second.
It’s Chiles’ third NCAA apparatus title. She also won NCAA championships on uneven bars and floor exercise in 2023.
NCAA gymnastics championships team results
That’s a wrap on the NCAA gymnastics semifinals. Here are the final results and standings from the two sessions Thursday:
- Utah (Q): 197.7625 (Beam: 49.2125 | Floor: 49.5625 | Vault: 49.3375 | Bars: 49.6500)
- UCLA (Q): 197.7375 (Floor: 49.5250 | Vault: 49.2375 | Bars: 49.4250 | Beam: 49.5500)
- Oklahoma (Q): 197.5500 (Bars: 49.4000 | Beam: 49.3500 | Floor: 49.5250 | Vault: 49.2750)
- LSU: 197.5250 (Bars: 49.3250 | Beam: 49.3250 | Floor: 49.5000 | Vault: 49.3750)
- Missouri (Q): 197.3000 (Floor: 49.2225 | Vault: 49.1250 | Bars: 49.4500 | Beam: 49.5000)
- Michigan State: 197.3625 (Vault: 49.3875 | Bars: 49.4500 | Beam: 49.2125 | Floor: 49.3625)
- Florida: 197.2000 (Beam: 49.3000 | Floor: 49.3500 | Vault: 49.0750 | Bars: 49.4750)
- Alabama: 196.8250 (Vault: 49.1250 | Bars: 49.1625 | Beam: 49.2000 | Floor: 49.3375)
Jade Carey finishes fourth in all-around despite strong showing on beam
Oregon State’s Jade Carey has won 10 medals at the Olympics and world championships, but an all-around NCAA title has eluded her.
Carey was in a strong position at the halfway point of Thursday’s semifinal after earning scores of 9.9125 on uneven bars and 9.9500 on balance beam − which was tied for the third-highest score of the day. It all appeared to be leading to a triumphant conclusion on two of her best events, floor exercise and vault.
Ultimately, though, Carey fell just short of the all-around podium after taking a big step on the landing on vault en route to a score of 9.8500.
NCAA gymnastics championships apparatus scores, results
Here are the final results in the individual events at the 2025 NCAA gymnastics championships:
All-around
- Jordan Bowers (Oklahoma): 39.7125
- Grace McCallum (Utah): 39.6750
- Faith Torrez (Oklahoma): 39.6375
Vault
- Kailin Chio (UCLA): 9.9750
- Sage Kellerman (Michigan State) and Grace McCallum (Utah): 9.9500
- Amy Doyle (Michigan State): 9.9125
Uneven bars
- Jordan Chiles (UCLA): 9.9750
- Grace McCallum (Utah): 9.9625
- Six-way tie: 9.9375
Balance beam
- Helen Hu (Missouri): 9.9875
- Emma Malabuyo (UCLA): 9.9750
- Five-way tie: 9.9500
Floor exercise
- Brooklyn Moors (UCLA): 9.9625
- Jordan Bowers (Oklahoma), Grace McCallum (Utah) and Faith Torrez (Oklahoma): 9.9500
- Aleah Finnegan (LSU), Skyla Schulte (Michigan State) and Lily Smith (Georgia): 9.9375
Why didn’t we see a perfect 10 at the NCAA championships?
Only five routines garnered perfect scores in the regional finals. And we didn’t see one Thursday. The nature of judging at the NCAA championships makes it more difficult.
No, the code of points doesn’t randomly change at nationals. There are just more judges, which essentially raises the bar for a gymnast to get a perfect score. At regular season meets, each event is scored by two judges. At nationals, however, there are six — with the best and worst scores being dropped, and the other four being averaged.
Missouri, Oklahoma advance out of first semifinal
With a clutch performance on balance beam in the final rotation, Helen Hu pushed No. 7 Missouri past No. 3 Florida and into Saturday’s NCAA final for the first time in program history.
The Tigers and Gators were separated by fractions of a point entering the final rotation when Hu − who was retired from competitive gymnastics a year ago − turned in the best score of the day on balance beam, a near-flawless 9.9875. Florida’s final performer on uneven bars, Riley McCusker, needed to keep pace but scored a 9.8625 to seal the Gators’ agonizing third-place finish.
The Tigers will be joined in Saturday’s final by No. 2 Oklahoma, which led from start to finish in the first semifinal session. No. 11 Alabama finished fourth and, like Florida, has seen its season end.
Oklahoma’s Jordan Bowers dominant en route to title
The Oklahoma Sooners cruised to Saturday’s final − and senior Jordan Bowers took home the all-around NCAA title.
Bowers was sitting atop the individual all-around leaderboard after the first semifinal session, and she put up the top scores on two of the four apparatuses, uneven bars and floor exercise. Her score on floor of 9.9500 was tied for the best score of the session in any event.
Despite the big names in the second session, including Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey, Bowers’ score of 39.7125 was strong enough to keep her atop the podium.
Did Livvy Dunne compete at 2025 NCAA gymnastics championships?
No. Dunne, a member of the top-ranked LSU women’s gymnastics team, was not on the Tigers’ lineup card for the second semifinal session.
