BATON ROUGE — After scoring a 194.875 in the season opener last Friday, the LSU gymnastics team is ranked 16th in the country in the latest GymInfo poll released Monday.
Utah vaulted into the nation’s No. 1 position scoring a 197.350 in its season opener, while SEC foe Alabama is No. 2 after winning the Super Six Challenge with a 196.725. Nebraska (196.550), Washington (196.450) and UCLA (196.375) round out the nation’s top five.
The SEC dominates the bottom half of the top 10 as Florida sits in the No. 8 position with a 195.950, Arkansas ranks ninth with a 195.575 and Georgia is 10th with a 195.550.
LSU is also listed among the top 25 in each of the four individual events, ranking seventh on the vault (49.025), 15th on the uneven bars (48.775), 16th on the floor (48.900) and 23rd on the beam (48.175).
Individually, sophomore April Burkholder is the only Tiger to land in the nation’s top 20 after one week of competition. The Houston, Texas, native is currently ranked sixth on the vault (9.950) and 18th in the all-around (39.250).
LSU returns to action this week when it travels to Gainesville, Fla., Fri., Jan. 16, for a meet with the eighth-ranked Gators. The meet will be held at UF’s O’Connell Center and is set to begin at 6 p.m.
GymInfo – Women’s National Rankings – Jan. 12, 2004
Rank Team Name Team Ave
1 Utah 197.350
2 Alabama 196.725
3 Nebraska 196.550
4 Washington 196.450
5 UCLA 196.375
6 Iowa State 196.300
7 Stanford 196.200
8 Florida 195.950
9 Arkansas 195.575
10 Georgia 195.550
11 Arizona 195.425
12t Missouri 195.350
12t Iowa 195.350
14 Oklahoma 195.212
15 Michigan 195.075
16 LSU 194.875
17 Minnesota 194.675
18 C. Michigan 194.475
19 New Hampshire 194.250
20 Oregon St. 193.775
21t Ohio State 193.675
21t Illinois-Champaign 193.675
23 Kentucky 193.637
24 Denver 193.600
25 Pittsburgh 193.450