By Tess DeMeyer The Olympic champ has hit 44 consecutive routines with only two scores below a 9.900 this season, and is competing as the top-ranked all-arounder at the NCAA championships. Long before the world watched Jade Carey step atop the podium in Tokyo to receive an Olympic gold medal on floor exercise, Tanya Chaplin knew she had something special. After seeing a preteen Carey practice “sky-high” tumbling passes, the Oregon State coach secured a verbal commitment from the future Beavers star when she was just 14. “She made improvements after improvements each year. That was phenomenal t…