By james art 
The big news about LSU gymnastics Friday night: 27-time entirely American Haley Brynt again in the multilateral competition race.
The big result for Gymnastics LSU: Another performance beyond the year by freshman Kailin Chio.
Chio won his fourth consecutive title, all against the Southeast Conference competition, as well as tied the first to the vault and uneven bars, as tigers No. 3 defeated No. 9 Kentucky 197.200-197.075 in Lexington.
The victory, the first LSU in the UK in 2017, was big for tigers in several respects. The LSU deleted its 196.600 season in Arkansas on January 24, raising the average for the national tiger qualification result from 197.420 to 197.540. Meet’s double victory also retained LSU (8-2, 5-1 SEC) in tempo to win at least a stake in its first championship for the regular season of the 2018 conference.
The tigers return to Baton Rouge next Friday to take on George Washington in the Podium Challenge at the River Center of the Haestrian River. The first vault is at 6:30 pm LSU ends its SC schedule at home March 7 against Georgia and March 14 in Objn.
LSU coach Jay Clark was upset by the refereeing, saying that his tigers had to bring “197.6 or 197.7, at least”, but not with the efforts of his team.
“I told them that their goals were to improve their path, not the result, and they did it,” Clark said. “And to win the match and they did it. We achieved what we had to achieve. “
LSU replaced senior Aleah Finnegan, all the sort of every previous meeting this season, with Bryant at uneven bars. The fifth -course senior tiger has attached the tiger bars, with her first time competing in this event since hurting his elbow vault in December during the meeting of the Tigers Gymnastics Exhibition 101.
Bryant scored 9.85 while Chio, Ashley Cowan, and freshman Lexi Zeiss tied the United Kingdom Rodriguez’s delay for the first with 9.875s. After one rotation, the tigers lead 49.325-49.175.
“When (Bryant) made intrasquad on Wednesday, I realized that we had to bring her out there,” Clark said. “We don’t have many other ones and we have to get it in a rhythm.”
Clark said Bryant was feeling well after the meeting. Bryant did not claim to be individual titles to add a total of 97 wins to his career, but finished second in Chio in the multilateral, 39.575-39.500.
The total amount of Chio includes 9.925 at VAULT to share first place with Isabella Magnelli in the UK. Chio also had 9.925 to finish second in the beam behind Magnelli (9.95) and 9.85 on the floor. The United Kingdom Creslyn Brose won the floor with 9.95.
LSU freshman from Henderson, Nevada, now has 14 individual titles this season: four multiple, four vaults, three bars, two beams and one floor.
“She may not be as explosive on the floor as (LSU freshman) Kalia Lincoln,” Clark said, “But her gymnastics is so clean.
“Her level of consistency is strange.”
LSU led from the initial rotation, posting 49.325 to bars, while the UK received 49.175 on Vault. The tigers then received Vault 49.200 (they entered the match ranked # 1 in this event), and had to count one of two 9.725 by KJ Johnson and Amari Drayton. Still, in the middle of the meeting, LSU extended its lead to 98.525-98.325.
Clark said Johnson aggregated again a sprained ankle on a vault that could prevent his plans from returning it to the floor against George Washington.
The tigers moved to the floor for the third rotation, corresponding to the result of the Kentucky beam with 49.325, which allowed the LSU to maintain its two-10th lead, moving to the final rotation. LSU was holding Aleah Finnegan in the floor rotation, although the NCAA floor champion in 2024 went beyond the borders for the fourth consecutive meeting and received 9.775 with one 10th deduction. Bryant received 9.90 on anchor site, the only LSU result over 9.875 in the event, helping the tigers maintain their two-10 leads (147.850-147.650), moving to the final rotation.
While Kentucky ended with a strong 49.425 on the floor, gaining a winning 9.95 from Creslyn Brose, the tigers made enough on a beam to stay for victory. Chio received 9.925 in second place, covering 9.775 from Kylie Cohen to finish second after Magnelli. Aleah Finnegan anchored with 9.90 to reach the LSU meeting, capturing its triple reversing of the trademark at the beginning of the performance.
“I’m proud of our bowel team that they showed at the end when it was so close,” Clark said.
Respond to the results
1. #3 LSU 197.200 (Vault – 49.200, bars – 49.325, beam – 49.350, floor – 49.325)
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Individually (includes first place and all competitors of LSU)
Comprehensively 1. Kailin Chio, LSU, 39.575; 2. Haleigh Bryant, LSU, 39.500; 3. Skylar Killough-Wilhelm, Kentucky, 39.425; 4. Delayneee Rodriguez, Kentucky, 39.300.
Treasury – T1. Kailin Chio, LSU, Isabella Magnelli, Kentucky, 9.925; T3. Haleigh Bryant, LSU, 9.90; 5. Aleah Finnegan, LSU, 9.85; T7. Kaliya Lincoln, LSU, 9.80; T9. KJ Johnson, Amari Drayton, LSU, 9.725.
Bars – T1. Lexi Zeiss, Ashley Cowan, Kailin Chio, LSU, 9.875, Delaynee Rodriguez, Kentucky, 9.875; T5. Konnor McClain, Haleigh Bryant, LSU, 9.85; 9. Alexis Jeffrey, LSU, 9.825.
Beam – 1. Isabella Magnelli, Kentucky, 9.95; Kailin Chio, LSU, 9.925; T4. Aleah Finnegan, LSU, 9.90; T6. Sierra Ballard, Khali Bryant, LSU, 9.85; 8. Konnor McClain, LSU, 9.825; 10. Kylie Coen, LSU, 9.775.
Floor – 1. Creslyn Brose, Kentucky, 9.95; 3. Haleigh Bryant, LSU, 9.90; T4. Kaliya Lincoln, Amari Drayton, LSU, 9.875; T7. Kailin Chio, LSU, 9.85; T9. Sierra Ballard, LSU, 9.825; T11. Aleah Finnegan, LSU, 9.775.
Attendance: 6,098