Jordan Bowers
Full nameJordan Bowers
Country represented United States
Born (2003-04-05) April 5, 2003
HometownLincoln, Nebraska USA
ResidenceNorman, Oklahoma
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelNCAA
Years on national team2018 (USA)
ClubNebraska
College teamOklahoma Sooners (2022–25)
Head coach(es)K.J. Kindler
Former coach(es)Danelle Catlett
ChoreographerPayton Prall
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Junior Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresAll Around
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresUneven Bars
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresFloor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place2018 Buenos AiresBalance Beam
Representing Oklahoma Sooners
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Fort WorthTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 Fort WorthTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 Fort WorthFloor Exercise

Jordan Skylar Bowers (born April 5, 2003) is an American artistic gymnast and was part of the United States women's national gymnastics team. She won the junior all-around gold medals at the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships and the 2018 Junior Pan American Championships. She is currently competing for the Oklahoma Sooners in NCAA gymnastics.

Personal life

Bowers was born to John and Tracy Bowers in 2003, and she has one sibling, a sister named Felicity. Bowers began gymnastics in 2005.[1]

Gymnastics career

Junior

2016–17

Bowers began competing at the junior elite level in 2016, where she competed at the American classic and the P&G National Championships.

2018

Bowers was officially added to the junior national team after she was named to the team to compete at the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships alongside seniors Morgan Hurd, Grace McCallum, and Jordan Chiles and fellow juniors Kayla DiCello and Sunisa Lee.[2] There she won gold in the team, junior all-around, and junior floor exercise finals. She won bronze on uneven bars.[3] Bowers later competed at the Pan American Championships alongside Leanne Wong, Tori Tatum, and JaFree Scott from June 13-15 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4] There the team won gold in the team final and individually Bowers won gold in the all-around, on uneven bars, and on floor exercise. Additionally she won bronze on the balance beam behind Zoé Allaire-Bourgie of Canada and compatriot Wong.[5]

On July 28 Bowers competed at the 2018 U.S. Classic. She finished third in the all-around behind Wong and DiCello after falling twice on floor exercise. She finished second on balance beam and uneven bars.[6] Bowers traveled to Boston to compete in the 2018 U.S. Championships in August. She was one of the favorite to win the title based on her earlier victories in the all-around, but she struggled on the first day with multiple errors and finished in 17th place in the all-around on the first day.[7] Bowers withdrew from the second day of competition, citing an injury sustained during training that had also hampered her on the first day of competition.[8] Because she did not finish in the top six all-around, she was not automatically named to the national team.

Senior

2019

In 2019 Bowers turned senior. In February she attended the national team camp in hopes of making an international assignment.[9] Just before the camp Bowers re-injured her lower back and it was determined she had a spinal disc herniation and an edema on her vertebrae. She sat out the remainder of the season in order to recover.[10]

On November 2, Bowers announced on Instagram that she had retired from elite gymnastics and would continue training as a level 10 gymnast with the intention of competing at the University of Oklahoma, starting in the 2021–22 season.[11]

Level 10

2020–21

On November 11, 2020 Bowers signed her National Letter of Intent with the Oklahoma Sooners.[12]

Bowers competed at the 2021 Developmental Program National Championships where she placed third in the all-around in the Senior-E division. Additionally she placed second on balance beam and uneven bars.[13]

NCAA

2021–2022 season

Bowers made her NCAA debut on January 9 in a meet against Alabama. She competed the all-around, posting the highest score of the day on floor with a 9.925.[14] The following week in a meet against Utah she scored a 9.975 on vault, the highest of the meet. Her all-around score of 39.550 was the second highest behind Grace McCallum. As a result Bowers was named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week for the first time.[15]

Career perfect 10.0

SeasonDateEventMeet
2022March 4, 2022VaultOklahoma vs Michigan
2023February 24, 2023Floor ExerciseOklahoma vs West Virginia
March 30, 2023Uneven BarsNorman Regional Semifinal

NCAA Regular season ranking

Season All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise
2022 N/A 1st 15th N/A 19th
2023 5th 11th 10th 7th 8th

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2016American Classic86
P&G National Championships1421122210
2017American Classic88
U.S. Classic322294136
P&G National Championships131272810
2018Pacific Rim Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
U.S. Classic3rd place, bronze medalist(s)72nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)29
NCAA
2022Big-12 Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1041st place, gold medalist(s)
NCAA Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)21132nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023Big-12 Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)53rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
NCAA Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)14

References

  1. ↑ "Jordan Bowers". usagym.org. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ "USA Gymnastics names women's 2018 Pac Rim, Junior Pan Am Championships Teams". USA Gymnastics. April 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ "USA brings home 29 medals from men's, women's individual event finals". USA Gymnastics. April 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Women's National Team Camp begins today at Flip Fest". USA Gymnastics. May 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ "USA, Bowers strike gold at 2018 Junior Pan Am Championships". USA Gymnastics. June 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Biles, Wong win all-around titles at 2018 GK U.S. Classic". USA Gymnastics. July 28, 2018.
  7. ↑ "MyUSAGym". myusagym.com. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  8. ↑ "USA Gymnastics on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  9. ↑ "U.S. women's February training camp begins today". USA Gymnastics. February 21, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Right before February national team camp, I injured my lower back for the second time in six months". Instagram. August 3, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  11. ↑ "Today I am announcing my retirement from elite gymnastics". Instagram. November 2, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  12. ↑ "Gymnastics Phenom Bowers Signs with Oklahoma". KOLN. November 11, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Trio Of Future Sooners Named To Development National Team". Oklahoma Sooners. May 20, 2021.
  14. ↑ Aber, Ryan (January 9, 2022). "OU women's gymnastics: Third-ranked Sooners top sixth-ranked Alabama in season opener". The Oklahoman.
  15. ↑ "OU women's gymnastics: Sooners freshmen Jordan Bowers, Danielle Sievers earn Big 12 honors". The Oklahoma Daily. January 18, 2022.
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