BATON ROUGE- For the second consecutive week, LSU’s Shanyn MacEachern has been named SEC Gymnast of the Week.
MacEachern earned the honor after helping the Tigers to their second consecutive upset of a No. 1 team, edging Alabama at the Marvich Assembly Center on Friday night. The sophomore from Brampton, Ontario, Canada clinched the victory for the second straight week with a 9.925 on the floor exercise.
MacEachern scored a season-high 39.300 in the all-around competition and won the vault by matching her season-best effort of 9.850. Her mark on the floor was a season-high, as was a 9.825 she recorded on beam.
After taking on three of the nation’s top four teams over the past three weeks, MacEachern and her teammates return to action on Saturday night at Denton, Texas in a four-way meet with Texas Woman’s University, Oklahoma and Illinois-Chicago.