Online star Olivia Dunne helped put LSU gymnastics on the map. Her teammates have the team on the verge of an NCAA championship.
FORT WORTH, Tex. — For a brief spell last night, the LSU women’s gymnastics team wasn’t performing like a title contender. Coach Jay Clark had tried to avoid overhyping the NCAA semifinal, but as a result, his team came out emotionally flat, he said, with the first few gymnasts stepping or hopping on their vault landings en route to good-but-not-great scores.
The Tigers stayed composed during beam, secured their landings and soared with highflying tumbling. By the end of the session, the chants of LSU fans filled Dickies Arena. This is a program that demands the spotlight — here and everywhere else.LSU, the nation’s second-ranked team, is filled with star power and has impressed all season, winning the SEC championship and breaking the school record team score.
To win their first, the Tigers must outscore Utah, Florida and California in Saturday’s final. The Tigers had the best score in the semifinals, 198.1125, even with that ho-hum vault rotation. But all four advancing teams earned scores separated by less than a half-point. The top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners had looked unstoppable this season, but they stumbled in the semifinal andThe Tigers began to seriously contend about a decade ago.
LSU did not release the value of deals disclosed per athlete, so it isn’t clear how much of the gymnastics team’s $4.9 million has gone to Dunne, whoin 2022 that she made “seven figures” while declining to provide a specific amount.
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