 Photo By: Michael Bacigalupi Da Boot Sports 1/31/2025 By: Jason Watson Jr. BATON ROUGE, LA - A Top-10 gymnastics meet and a battle of SEC Tigers was on display in front of a national television audience. In-house, the crowd of 13,082 (8th largest in school history for gymnastics) witnessed #3 LSU and #9 Missouri square off as the powerhouse programs competed to a 198.000 - 197.175 final, resulting in an LSU victory. Rotation 1: Friday’s meet began with the home squad on vault while the visiting Mizzou Tigers went to the uneven bars. LSU’s vault rotation had a fiery start with four straight 9.9+ scores including one from KJ Johnson performing in her first meet since the season opener due to injury. Lincoln added a career-high score to secure the early lead against Missouri. ● LSU Vault- ○ KJ Johnson; 9.900 ○ Chase Brock; 9.925 ○ Aleah Finnegan; 9.925 ○ Kaliya Lincoln; 9.925 ○ Amari Drayton; 9.750 ○ Kailin Chio; 9.875 ● Total; 49.550 ● Missouri Uneven Bars- ○ Kyra Burns; 9.850 ○ Rayna Light; 9.825 ○ Jocelyn Moore; 9.850 ○ Hannah Horton; 9.825 ○ Amari Celestine; 9.900 ○ Mara Titarsolej; 9.925 ● Total; 49.350 Rotation 2: As the squads flipped events, LSU extended their lead to 98.975-98.525 at the midway point of the meet. In rotation two, the Tigers got two big 9.925s from Alexis Jeffrey and Kailin Chio. Missouri was forced to count a 9.725 after vault anchor, Kennedy Griffin scored a 9.700. ● LSU Uneven Bars- ○ Lexi Zeiss; 9.850 ○ Ashley Cowan; 9.850 ○ Alexis Jeffrey; 9.925 ○ Kailin Chio; 9.925 ○ Aleah Finnegan; 9.800 ○ Konnor McClain; 9.875 ● Total; 49.425 ● Missouri Vault- ○ Kaia Tanskanen; 9.725 ○ Elise Tisler; 9.825 ○ Hannah Horton; 9.925 ○ Amari Celestine; 9.900 ○ Jocelyn Moore; 9.800 ○ Kennedy Griffin; 9.700 ● Total; 49.175 Rotation 3: The balance beam was up next for the LSU. Konnor McClain and Chio bolstered the beam score with two 9.950s. Mizzou’s Jocelyn Moore anchored the floor team with a 9.9 to round out a rotation full of 9.8+ scores for the visiting Tigers. ● LSU Balance Beam- ○ Sierra Ballard; 9.875 ○ Kylie Coen; 9.900 ○ Kailin Chio; 9.950 ○ Konnor McClain; 9.950 ○ Haleigh Bryant; 9.875 ○ Aleah Finnegan; 9.850 ● Total; 49.550 ● Missouri Floor- ○ Rayna Light; 9.850 ○ Elise Tisler; 9.875 ○ Hannah Horton; 9.825 ○ Amari Celestine; 9.825 ○ Kennedy Griffin; 9.875 ○ Jocelyn Moore; 9.900 ● Total; 49.325 Rotation 4: LSU rebounded in a big way from their loss in the previous meet versus the Arkansas Razorbacks. Three 9.9+ scores on the floor gave LSU just enough to eclipse the 198 mark for the first time this season. They rolled the entire meet, sweeping Mizzou. ● LSU Floor- ○ Sierra Ballard; 9.850 ○ Chase Brock; 9.875 ○ Kailin Chio; 9.900 ○ Amari Drayton; 9.900 ○ Aleah Finnegan; 9.750 ○ Haleigh Bryant; 9.950 ● Total; 49.475 ● Missouri Balance Beam- ○ Amy Wier; 9.775 ○ Amari Celestine; 9.850 ○ Olivia Kelly; 9.875 ○ Abby Mueller; 9.825 ○ Railey Jackson; 9.800 ○ Helen Hu; 9.975 ● Total; 49.325 Final: LSU 198.000- Missouri 197.175 Geaux Tigers! Photos Below By: Michael Bacigalupi Photos Below By: Jonathan Mailhes John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior) *John 3;16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. A huge Thank You to Cardio Health Solutions owned by Ron Sancho for sponsoring and believing in our publication!
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