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Two LSU gymnasts earn SEC honors after first meet

Last Friday night, the LSU gymnastics team took on Ohio State at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Last Friday night, the LSU gymnastics team took on Ohio State at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center for their first meet of the season. The Tigers came away with a 196.975-196.775 win and a couple of gymnasts earned SEC awards on Tuesday due to that performance.

LSU senior [autotag]Haleigh Bryant[/autotag] and freshman [autotag]Amari Drayton[/autotag] took home the SEC awards for SEC Gymnast of the Week and SEC Co-Freshman of the Week. Bryant finished as the top all-around gymnast in the country after week one with a score of 39.675. LSU needed her to be great against the Buckeyes and she was.

Drayton emerged onto the scene with a fantastic showing on the vault and the floor as she scored a 9.925 in both disciplines. LSU will now hit the road to Utah to compete in the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad. The Tigers will take on No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Utah, No. 5 LSU, and No. 12 UCLA.

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What to know before LSU gymnastics competes for national title

Here are a few things to know before the NCAA championships.

For the ninth time in program history, LSU gymnastics is competing for a national title.

LSU scored a 197.145 in the semis and advanced along with Florida in Session 1. From Session 2, Utah and Oklahoma advanced to the NCAA Championship.

This was a year with plenty of ups and downs for LSU. The team was never completely healthy and was streaky. Yet, in spite of that, it will get to play for it all on Saturday.

LSU is led by head coach [autotag]Jay Clark[/autotag], who took over for legend [autotag]D.D. Breaux[/autotag] in 2020.

Here are the storylines to watch as LSU competes on the sport’s biggest stage.

LSU gymnastics advances to NCAA semifinals

LSU will advance to the NCAA semifinals for the 32nd time in program history

After placing second at the Denver regional, LSU gymnastics will compete in the 2023 NCAA Championships.

LSU scored a 197.750, which tied Michigan. After the tiebreaker process, it was LSU that got to advance.

The drama of the weekend reflected the way LSU’s done it all year. Injuries have forced LSU to deal with adversity, but the Tigers have strung together some hot streaks this year.

“This is a special group and it makes it that much sweeter that we got through it in the fashion that we did against some very good teams,” [autotag]Jay Clark[/autotag] said in a release.

A highlight of the weekend was LSU’s performance on bars, where the Tigers set a program regional record on the event.

[autotag]Haleigh Bryant[/autotag] posted a 9.975 on bars while [autotag]Alexis Jeffery[/autotag] led off with a 9.950.

Bryant came through in the clutch again on the floor with a 9.950. It was enough to keep LSU in the tiebreaker spot and put the cap on what was a strong weekend for Bryant.

The NCAA semifinals take place on April 13 in Fort Worth, Texas.

LSU will again be competing against SEC champion Florida as well as Denver, who LSU just saw last weekend.

LSU places 3 gymnasts on All-SEC team

Haleigh Bryant, Aleah Finnegan and Bryce Wilson earned honors after the SEC championships.

Following the SEC championship meet, a few Tigers have earned all-conference honors. [autotag]Haleigh Bryant[/autotag], [autotag]Aleah Finnegan[/autotag] and [autotag]Bryce Wilson[/autotag] made the All-SEC team.

Bryant and Finnegan earned it for their performances on the floor while Wilson excelled on vault. It should be noted that these honors are strictly based on performance at the SEC championship rather than the entire season.

For Finnegan and Wilson, it was the first time either has appeared on an all-conference team. Bryant is no stranger to the honor, having received it three straight years now.

Bryant entered the weekend with a chance at gymnast of the year, but that nod went to Florida’s Trinity Thomas as the Gators took home the team title, too.

With the regular season over, LSU sets its sights on NCAA competition where the Tigers are seeded No. 2 in the Denver Regional.

Hosted by No. 14 Denver, LSU will be one of nine teams competing in the regional. Notably, LSU will be joined by No. 3 Michigan and SEC peer Georgia. The postseason begins on March 31.

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LSU gymnastics finishes third in SEC championship meet

Despite a strong performance on the floor, LSU came up short of a conference title. The Tigers now await a decision from the NCAA selection committee.

LSU gymnastics concluded SEC play in Atlanta on Saturday night competing in the SEC championship meet at Gas South Arena.

The Tigers finished third, posting a 197.800 score. The title went to the Florida Gators, who successfully defended their championship after winning last year.

“We’re always disappointed when we know we left things on the floor, but the other part of that is they continued to show their fight and their grit,” coach [autotag]Jay Clark[/autotag] said in a release. “I am just proud of their continued fight.”

LSU performed well on the floor. LSU’s 49.625 in the event was tied for the top score on the night. [autotag]Aleah Finnegan[/autotag] and [autotag]Haleigh Bryant[/autotag] posted 9.950’s on the floor.

LSU now awaits the selection committee on Monday. Last year, LSU was sent to Raleigh, North Carolina, where it placed third in the regionals.

Despite the third-place finish, LSU improved its NQS score on Saturday, which should help with placement.

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Haleigh Bryant sets LSU’s program record for perfect 10s

Bryant put on a show Friday night.

It was senior night for LSU gymnastics, and though she’s not a senior, [autotag]Haleigh Bryant[/autotag] gave the fans something to remember in LSU’s final regular season home meet.

Bryant stole the show with three perfect scores in one night.

Bryant began the night with a 10 on vault and followed it up with a perfect performance on bars.

Her third 10 of the night, and 10th of her career, came on the floor.

Bryant’s been a star for LSU all year. Now a junior, she’s been a key contributor since she arrived on campus.

She was the NCAA vault champion in 2021 and All-American in 2022. She’ll have a case to be the SEC’s gymnast of the year this season. LSU’s regular season is now complete as the Tigers shift their attention to the SEC Championships at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia this weekend.

LSU last won the tournament in 2019, finishing off a stretch where the Tigers won three in a row.

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The 8 moments that defined LSU athletics in 2022

2022 was quite a year on the bayou.

It was a wild year for LSU.

We saw coaches get fired and hired. Hearts were broken by blocked extra-points and put back together with game-winning two-point conversions. There were improbable comebacks and squandered opportunities.

New arrivals, like [autotag]Harold Perkins[/autotag] and [autotag]Angel Reese[/autotag], excelled on the field and on the court. Meanwhile, bona fide stars like baseball’s [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] and gym’s [autotag]Haleigh Bryant[/autotag] did their thing, too.

Stories about NIL and the transfer portal dominated the discussion around college sports, and it was no different at LSU with football and baseball signing transfer after transfer and gym’s [autotag]Olivia Dunne[/autotag] signing NIL deal after NIL deal.

Here’s a look at the stories that defined LSU in 2022.