BATON ROUGE — After posting the nation’s highest all-around total with a 39.625 at the Lady Luck Invitational in Las Vegas, LSU gymnast Susan Jackson was ranked No. 1 in the all-around standings released by GymInfo Monday.
Jackson’s 39.450 all-around average was enough to edge the 39.412 average by Florida’s Ashanée Dickerson.
In the Lady Luck Invitational, Jackson captured three event titles in addition to her seventh career all-around crown. She won her eighth career vault title with a career-high tying 9.95, her eighth career beam title with a 9.90 and her seventh career floor title with a 9.85.
Jackson also scored a 9.925 on bars to add to the second-highest all-around mark of her career.
In the event rankings, Jackson checked in at No. 4 on vault with a 9.90 average, No. 7 on bars with a 9.875 tally and No. 9 on floor at 9.875.
Senior Kayla Rogers was No. 20 in the vault rankings with a 9.85 average.
In the team rankings, LSU (2-2, 0-1 SEC) remained at No. 16 even though the Tigers increased the season average with a 195.350 score in the Lady Luck Invite.
UCLA was ranked No. 1 for the second-straight week with a 196.362 team average.
In the team event rankings, LSU ranked No. 7 on vault with an average score of 49.050. The Tigers were 13th on bars at 48.837, 18th on floor at 48.750 and 21st on beam with a 48.225 average.
LSU will be back in action in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Friday against 11th-ranked Auburn at 7 p.m. CT.
GymInfo Top 25 – January 18, 2010
Rank, Team, Season Average
1. UCLA, 196.362
2. Oklahoma, 196.275
3. Alabama, 195.962
4. Florida, 195.925
5. Oregon State, 195.875
6. Utah, 195.712
7. Arkansas, 195.662
8. Stanford, 195.537
9. Nebraska, 195.450
10. Georgia, 195.325
11. Auburn, 195.262
12. Kentucky, 195.187
13. Missouri, 195.175
14. Denver, 195.112
15. Michigan, 194.875
16. LSU, 194.862
17. Iowa State, 194.325
18. Boise State, 194.200
19. Michigan St. 194.175
20. Washington, 194.162
21. Southern Utah, 194.100
22. Penn State, 194.025
23. N. C. State, 193.825
24. Arizona, 193.662
25. Illinois, 193.112