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LSU gymnastics advances to NCAA Championship, finishes second in semifinal with 197.4375
Kailin Chio scored 9.9625 on floor as LSU finished with a 197.4375 and earned the program’s 11th NCAA final appearance.
- On Thursday, LSU gymnastics advanced to the NCAA final after finishing second in the semifinal at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, with a 197.4375.
- Heading into the final rotation, LSU trailed Georgia for the second qualifying spot, 147.9375-147.9125, after a balance beam routine dropped the Tigers below the cut line.
- Facing elimination on floor, Amari Drayton scored a 9.9375 and Kailin Chio followed with a 9.9625, clinching the transfer spot as the Tigers ranked first nationally on the event.
- LSU joins Florida, which won the semifinal with a 197.7875, in Saturday's national championship, where both teams will face the top two finishers from Thursday's second session.
- This advancement marks the program's 11th national championship appearance and the third under head coach Jay Clark; junior Konnor McClain returned to the lineup despite an arm injury sustained earlier this month.
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NolaLSU gymnastics advances to NCAA final, edging out Georgia in the meet’s final rotation
FORT WORTH, Texas — The LSU gymnastics team had to fight from behind in the final rotation of Saturday’s first semifinal in the NCAA Championships to earn the second transfer spot into Saturday’s final.
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LSU Gymnastics Aims For 2nd National Title In Three Years In Saturday’s Final
By ANDRE CHAMPAGNE, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter There’s no other way to put it: the way that the LSU gymnastics team performed on Thursday will not cut it if it wants to capture its second national title in three years on Saturday (3 p.m., ABC). The Tigers’ inability to put together a strong bars and
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