The No. 2 national seed LSU Gymnastics punched their ticket to the NCAA Championship with a second place finish with a 197.4375 in the NCAA Semifinal Session I on Thursday afternoon inside the Dickies Arena.
LSU advanced in the second spot alongside No. 3 Florida, who took first place with a 197.7875. The two SEC teams will be joined in Saturday’s NCAA Championship by the first and second place teams from the second semifinal session, which consists of No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 8 UCLA, No. 9 Arkansas, and No. 14 Minnesota.
The Tigers were boosted to their second place finish with a 49.4750 on bars and a 49.5250 on floor. Individually, LSU took home individual titles in four out of the five events in session one. Sophomore Kailin Chio took home a share of three titles – vault with a 9.9625, floor with a 9.9625, and all-around with a 39.6125. Sophomore Kaliya Lincoln matched Chio with a 9.9625 on vault while junior Konnor McClain’s 9.9500 on beam was tied for the highest score in the session alongside Stanford’s Ana Bărbosu.
The advancement to the NCAA Championship marks the program’s 11th national championship appearance in program history, and the third under head coach Jay Clark.
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