The LSU Tigers gained the 2024 SEC Gymnastics Championships on Saturday. The Tigers steamrolled the opposite groups after matching their program excessive SEC championship rating with a 198.075.
The second place workforce, Alabama, was over three-tenths behind the Tigers.
That is the Tigers first championship win since 2019 and provides a fifth trophy to their assortment.
Head Coach Jay Clark was an assistant coach with this system in 2019, so this marks his first SEC title as head coach of the Tigers.
With the final victory taking place 5 years in the past, this was the primary win for a lot of of LSU’s present athletes. An exception is Savannah Schoenherr, who gained two SEC titles as a Florida Gator earlier than transferring to LSU this season.
LSU didn’t simply declare the workforce victory, however a share of each particular person title as nicely.
Tiger star Haleigh Bryant claimed her first SEC all-around title win with a 39.800 and her second SEC vault title with a 9.975. Ashley Cowan and Missouri’s Mara Titarsolej each scored a 9.95 on bars to assert their first SEC titles. LSU freshman Konnor McClain claimed the title on beam for her flawless 10.0. This was the one excellent rating given out over the 2 classes of competitors. There was a three-way tie for the ground title between LSU’s Kiya Johnson and KJ Johnson and Kentucky’s Raena Worley – all posting 9.975s.
The Tigers didn’t keep on high the entire meet. They had been tied with Alabama after the primary rotation, then tied with Kentucky after the second rotation, after which behind Kentucky by 0.025 after the third rotation. However after posting their highest recorded rating by this system on the SEC championship on flooring (49.675), LSU was capable of push far forward of the opposite groups to safe the win.
All eight SEC groups are ranked within the high 20, so that they now await regional assignments for the NCAA event. The host places are Florida, Michigan, Arkansas, and Cal. The choice present will occur on Monday, March 25 at 12 p.m. ET and may be streamed on NCAA.com.
2024 SEC Gymnastics Championships Outcomes
Crew:
- LSU – 198.075
- Alabama – 197.750
- Kentucky – 197.600
- Florida – 197.300
- Missouri – 197.275
- Arkansas – 197.050
- Auburn – 196.775
- Georgia – 196.075
Particular person:
- All-Round: Haleigh Bryant (LSU) – 39.800
- Vault: Haleigh Bryant (LSU) – 9.975
- Uneven Bars: TIE Ashley Cowan (LSU), Mara Titarsolej (Missouri) – 9.950
- Steadiness Beam: Konnor McClain (LSU) – 10.000
- Flooring Train: TIE Raena Worley (Kentucky), KJ Johnson (LSU), Kiya Johnson (LSU) – 9.975