LSU Women’s Gymnastics remained the program to beat SEC on Saturday when Tigers claimed their second consecutive conference championship.
The LSU was the No. 2 team that went into the tournament and topped No. 1 Oklahoma with a score of 198,200. The Soners scored a 197,925, and Florida Gators scored a 197,825.
Lexi Zeiss, Ashley Cowan and Kailin Chio started strong on the columns. Sierra Ballard and Kylie Coen added to the scoring with solid performances on the beam.
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LSU Gymnast Haleigh Bryant celebrates his performance on the vault during session 2 in the SEC Gymnastics Championship in Birmingham, Ala., On March 22. (Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA Today Network via imagn images)
Konnor McClain, Haileigh Bryant and Aleah Finnegan each scored at least one 9,925. Each contributed to the team’s 49,450 total score, as the school said was the highest score on the beam in LSU’s history at the SEC Championships.
LSU scored 49,625 on the floor and 49,525 at Vault to secure the victory.
Bryant won the individual Sec all-round title for the second straight year with a total score of 39,725.
Olivia Dunne, who has been sidelined with an injury, celebrated on social media.
LSUS Olivia Dunne will appear during the meeting against Georgia on March 7. (Stephen Lew-IMAGN images)
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“Purple Reign 4ever,” she wrote on her Instagram stories.
She also shared a video of confetti that rained down on the floor as she and her teammates celebrated the victory for the conference title.
LSU seems to pull back-to-back NCAA championships and become the first to do it since Oklahoma pulled it off in 2022 and 2023.
LSU Gymnast Livvy Dunne celebrates with teammates during session 2 in the SEC Gymnastics Championship in Birmingham, ALA., On March 22. (TusCaloosa News / USA Today Network via Imag images)
Last year, Bryant won it all too. She could be the first to pull back-to-back individual all-round titles since Oklahomas Maggie Nichols did so in 2018 and 2019.
