LSU Gymnastics Wins 2025 SEC Championship
Tina Howell • March 23, 2025
The No. 2 ranked LSU Gymnastics team (12-2, 8-1 SEC) has won the 2025 SEC Championship with a record-breaking score of 198.200 in Session II of the 2025 SEC Gymnastics Championships inside Legacy Arena in Birmingham, AL.
This is LSU's 2nd consecutive championship and 6th total, winning five in the last eight years.
LSU’s final score of 198.200 was their best in the school's history at the SEC Championships to finish as the top team across both sessions of competition on Saturday. No. 1 ranked Oklahoma finished in second with their score of 197.925 and Florida in third with their 197.825.
The Tigers began on bars, recording a team score of 49.600, which was good for the program’s highest bar score at the SEC Championships. On beam, they scored a total of 49.450, which is the highest beam score in LSU history at the SEC Championships. On vault, they finished 49.525, their fourth highest in LSU history at the meet and on floor rotation, they wrapped up with a total score of 49.625, their second highest at SEC’s.
LSU held the lead through all rotations in the second session, highlighted by top five program scores in every event at the conference championships.
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