LSU gymnastics results: Lady Tigers advance to finals of NCAA gymnastics championships

Sara Tidwell

LSU gymnastics results: Lady Tigers advance to finals of NCAA gymnastics championships image

LSU placed first in its NCAA gymnastics championship semifinal Thursday with a score of 197.4750. It advanced to Saturday's finals along with Florida.

Haleigh Bryant led the all-around competition with a score of 39.6875. 

Olivia Dunne did not compete. She has been sidelined by a leg injury. Dunne is listed as an alternate for two events Saturday.

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LSU finished second in its first rotation — the beam — with a score of 49.2750, 0.1375 of a point behind California.

The Lady Tigers came in first in their second rotation — floor — with a score of 49.475, easily defeating the competition.

They placed third in their third rotation — vault — with a score of 49.250, just 0.025 of a point ahead of last-place Denver.

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In their final rotation — bars — they finished second with a 49.4750 score, 0.0125 of a point behind Florida.

LSU and Florida await the two schools that will advance from Thursday's second semifinal session, which will begin at 9 p.m. ET.

The finals will air on ABC at 4 p.m. ET Saturday. They can also be live streamed on ESPN+, the ESPN app and Fubo, which offers a free trial.

MORE: Watch the 2023 NCAA gymnastics championships live with Fubo (free trial)

Below are the LSU gymnasts' individual results from Thursday's competition. Stanford's Chloe Widner is rotating with the Lady Tigers while competing as an individual in the all-around.

LSU gymnastics results

Team competition

EventScore
Vault49.2500 
Bars49.4750
Beam49.2750
Floor49.4750

All-Around individual qualifiers

IndividualTotal result
Haleigh Bryant39.6875
Alyona Shchennikova39.3625
Aleah Finnegan39.6500
Chloe Widner (Stanford)38.3625

Individual event qualifiers

Vault

NameScore
Elena Arenas9.8250
Alyona Shchennikova9.8375
Haleigh Bryant9.8625
Aleah Finnegan9.8500
Chloe Widner (Stanford)9.7750
Chase Brock9.8500
Bryce Wilson9.8500

Bars

NameScore
Alyona Shchennikova9.8625
Alexis Jeffery9.7750
Haleigh Bryant9.9375
Aleah Finnegan9.9250
Chloe Widner (Stanford)9.8500
Ashley Cowan9.8750
Tori Tatum9.8750

Beam

NameScore
Elena Arenas9.7375
Alyona Shchennikova9.7750
Alexis Jeffery9.8375
Sierra Ballard9.8125
Haleigh Bryant9.9375
Aleah Finnegan9.9125
Chloe Widner (Stanford)9.9500

Floor

NameScore
Alyona Shchennikova9.8875
Sierra Ballard9.8000
Haleigh Bryant9.9500
Aleah Finnegan9.9625
Chloe Widner (Stanford)8.7875
Chase Brock9.0000
KJ Johnson9.8750

Sara Tidwell

Sara Tidwell is an editorial intern with The Sporting News. A native to Michigan's Thumb region, she received her Bachelor's degree in journalism from Michigan State University. Previous bylines include the Detroit News, Cincinnati Enquirer, Hartford Courant and The State News.