re: LSU Gymnastics Recruiting Thread (2024 and 2025 Recruiting Classes)

I would be in favor of that! But in essence of time, I don’t think it’s gonna happen. Although sometimes 101 lasts as long as a normal meet.

That was the absolute best I have seen this look in the pre-season. I mean I knew we would have depth, but that is astounding. If this isn’t the year, then it’s going to be hard to ever get there. I so believe in this team. Based on tonight, my best case, end of year lineups are:

Vault: Haleigh, Kiya, Konnor (Double), Amari, Savannah, and Chase (Aleah if her landings are good, but we may not need her in this lineup). Hate to leave KJ out of it because her full is beautiful, but it has to be 10.0 starts this year.

Bars: Bryant, Savannah, Cowan, Konnor, Jeffrey, and one of Aleah/livvy/Kiya (I love Kiya on bars, and her set always looks great to me but she struggles to get above a 9.8). My guess is it will probably be Aleah but the dismount is generally a tenth, so if there is another option, then maybe rest her here and go with that

Beam: Annie, Livvy, Konnor, Haleigh, Kiya, Aleah (love KJ here if she can get consistent with that back tuck leap series and would switch her with Livvy)

Floor: Kiya, Haleigh, Aleah, Amari, Konnor, and Chase (if Chase has consistency issues, then Sierra, Livvy)

What do y’all think? And there is huge amount of depth to use through the season (Koen on beam/floor, Livvy on beam/floor, the various other 1.5s on vault, Tatum/alyona/Livvy on bars, Savannah on beam/floor, etc)

I am so excited for this year!

There is no way Jay is going to move Sierra from that first spot on floor when she has more than proved her consistency in the way she performs and executed her routines.

Personally, I love Jeff over Livvy on beam because her leaps are cleaner and I’d take Konnor out of vault and floor (and put KJ in that spot on floor and Aleah on vault instead) to save her body and give Aleah the final spot on bars as long as she can stick that dismount. Otherwise I agree with the lineup spots everyone above has said.

To me, on beam, it may not be the best routine but who has the mental strength to stay clean. I definitely wouldn’t count Sav out of beam. She looked kinda nervous for her first time in the pmac. I am definitely not going to make final lineups until at least a few meets into the season. I was very impressed with Amari and Cowan. With all that said hopefully you won’t see the same lineups until mid season. I’d like to see them play with them and see what works and who steps up. I’m very excited about this season!

I have Tori in my bars lineup based on last year’s performances. She deserves to be in that lineup. I saw what I needed to see tonight from her. Kiya, Tori, Savannah, and Haleigh are locks in my opinion. The last two spots are a toss up between Livvy, Ashley, Alexis, Alyona and Konnor.

Yes - I forgot Tatum; her set sometimes looks labored to me, but it does score well - slot her in for potential there, certainly.

Also, can’t believe I forgot KJ. She is definitely in! I think she probably takes Livvy’s spot.

another poster above said sierra deserves the first spot on floor because of last year - here’s the thing. I hate hate hate to leave her out of best case (and she should certainly see time), but at the end of the day, you have to maximize the highest potential ( assuming consistency from the others is there - if it isn’t, then that’s a different thing). She just probably isn’t in the overall highest scoring 6 of this team - and that’s a decision that is going to have to be made this year based on scoring this year not her performance last year (which was very very clutch, not just on floor, but also on beam). And that is going to be hard for the coaches in a number of instances (I think alyona on bars, Elena on anything, half of the people who were in the beam lineup last year, etc)

The other thing - I don’t think we can leave Konnor out of the bars lineup with her form. The judges will drool over that toe point. It is phenomenal - and that’s where the difference comes from when competing at the end of the year.

I just don’t see Kiya and Aleah locks on bars. If Konnor can consistently keep her form and improve that landing, she really has the best form on the entire team. Yes making sure she is healthy is key but she will need the numbers. Aleah only stuck that dismount once last season as much as I love her. Same with Cowan. If she can stick that lay, her form is what keeps her spot. LSU has to pin point those bars and beam rotations to compete with Oklahoma. Last year and history are of the past. Will the coaches find the correct 6 when it counts is yet to be seen. We could literally field two top 10 teams out of the 22 on the squad. I have all the confidence the coaching staff will put the team first and pick the ladies who are consistently clean with the best form and stick landings.

Konnor’s double layout on floor is beautiful. Love the 2 pass routines. Actually, I hate them in general but I’m tired of watching other teams (Oklahoma) doing the least and getting the highest scores. If you can’t beat em, join em.

So did Livvy make some big improvements over the summer? To go from just occasionally making a bars lineup to being in the mix for bars, beam, and floor - with the depth we have now - is quite a surprise! I had to miss Gym 101 this year so I did not get to see any of her routines.