BATON ROUGE – The LSU gymnastics team continued its streak of weeks at No.2 in the RoadToNationals.com rankings with a Regional Qualifying Score of 197.695, the site released Monday.
LSU has now been ranked second in the nation for seven-straight weeks. On Friday night, LSU defeated Auburn with a 197.675 team score. It marked the 17th-straight week with a team score of 197 or better to extend the school record.
Oklahoma owns the top spot with a 197.890. The RQS is ascertained by taking a team’s top six scores – three of which must be from road/neutral meets – dropping the high score and averaging the remaining five scores.
LSU’s scores factored into the 197.695 RQS are the 197.700 at Arkansas and GymQuarters, 197.675 at Auburn, 197.975 vs. George Washington and Iowa, 197.575 vs. Alabama and 197.475 vs. Texas Woman’s
The Tigers’ 197.975 last Sunday against George Washington and Iowa is dropped, and the remaining five scores averaged for the 197.695.
The team overtook the top spot on vault after the weekend. The Tigers also rank No. 2 on beam and floor and No. 3 on bars. Senior Ashleigh Gnat is the top performer on vault, second on floor and 11th on beam.
LSU is 11-1 overall and 6-0 against SEC opponents. The second-ranked tigers will face off against the third-ranked Florida Gators at 2:30 p.m. CT Sunday inside the Maravich Center. A win by LSU would capture the title outright, while a victory by the Gators would split the regular season title.
Sunday’s meet will be televised live on the SEC Network with Bart Conner, Kathy Johnson Clarke and Laura Rutledge on the call. This will mark the fifth time that an LSU meet has been televised nationally.
Road To Nationals Top 25 – Week 8
Rank Team, RQS
1. Oklahoma, 197.990
2. LSU, 197.695
3. Florida, 197.495
4. UCLA, 197.305
5. Utah, 197.180
6. Alabama, 197.085
7. Denver, 196.875
8. Georgia, 196.820
9. Oregon State, 196.635
10. Boise State, 196.605
11(t). Kentucky, 196.535
11(t). Michigan, 196.535
13. Nebraska, 196.450
14. Iowa, 196.150
15. Missouri, 196.145
16. George Washington, 196.140
17. Washington, 196.130
18. Auburn, 196.090
19. California, 196.000
20. Illinois-Champaign, 195.995
21. Southern Utah, 195.915
22. Utah State, 195.775
23. Arizona, 195.680
24. Eastern Michigan, 195.670
25. Ohio State, 195.595
LSU in the Individual Top-25 National Rankings
Myia Hambrick: 19th AA, 20th VT, 22nd UB, 22nd BB
Ashleigh Gnat: 1st VT, 2nd FX, 11th BB
Kennedi Edney: 9th VT, 13th UB
Sydney Ewing: 17th VT, 24th BB
Sarah Finnegan: 2nd BB
Lexie Priessman: 8th UB, 25th VT
Shae Zamardi: 20th FX
McKenna Kelley: 17th FX