LSU GYMNASTICS. NCAAChampionships April 16-18, 2009 Lincoln, Neb. Bob Devaney Sports Center 1 p.m. (CT) Thurs.; 6 p.m. Fri.; 6 p.m. Sat.

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1 LSU GYMNASTICS AT NCAAChampionships April 16-18, 2009 Lincoln, Neb. Bob Devaney Sports Center 1 p.m. (CT) Thurs.; 6 p.m. Fri.; 6 p.m. Sat. SCHEDULE/RESULTS NATIONAL RANKING: No. 4 Overall Record: 21-5, SEC Record: 4-2 Home: 5-1, Away: 5-1, Neutral: 11-3, Postseason: 5-0 Date Opponent LSU Opp. January 2 at Cancun Classic No. 19 Boise State No. 8 Michigan North Carolina at Iowa SE Missouri State Iowa No. 8 Georgia* at Kentucky* at No. 6 Auburn* February 6 No. 8 Florida* at No. 5 Alabama* UNC/Illinois-Chicago UNC Illinois-Chicago No. 9 Arkansas* March 7 N.C. State at Centenary SEC Championships* Alabama L, Georgia L, Florida L, Auburn W, Arkansas W, Kentucky W, April 4 NCAA Central Reg #8 Oregon State W, #17 Ohio State W, #26 Michigan State W, #22 Kent State W, #24 Kentucky W, NCAA Championships (Lincoln, Neb.) * Denotes SEC meets. All times Central and subject to change. LSU ON THE INTERNET No. 1 Georgia (22-1) No. 5 Florida (15-6) LSU LOOKING FOR SECOND STRAIGHT SUPER SIX vs. TV: CBS-TD (Super Six) Internet: Audio Cast on LSUsports.net Live Stats on NCAA.com LSU will contend for its second-straight appearance in the Super Six after making it for the first time in school history last season. The Tigers will open up the NCAA Championships in the first session against Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Stanford and Penn State. The meet will begin April 16 at 1 p.m. CDT in Nebraska s Bob Devaney Sports Center. Live audio of the meet will be available free of charge in the Geaux Zone on Live stats will be available on TIGERS WIN BACK-TO-BACK REGIONAL TITLES For the third time in school history LSU was crowned as regional champions in back-to-back seasons. The Tigers posted a to win the Central Regional hosted by Ohio State, while LSU won the 2008 Central Regional at home last year with a score. The last time LSU posted two straight regional titles was in 2004 in Baton Rouge and 2005 in Durham, N.H. The first time LSU won two straight regionals was in 1975 and 1976 in the AIAW regionals. The appearance in the regional marked the 28th time in 29 years of NCAA-sanctioned gymnastics that LSU has advanced to the regionals, and the victory was the sixth time the Tigers had captured the regional title. It was only the second title (along with the 05 title) that LSU won without hosting the regional. First Place - 6 times (1986*, 2002*, 2004*, 2005, 2008*, 2009) - *LSU hosted. Second Place - 12 times (1985, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 94, 99, 2000, 03, 06, 07) Third Place - 8 times (1982, 83, 91, 95, 96, 97, 98, 2001) Seventh Place - 1 time (1992) LSU IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS The Tigers are making their 21st appearance in the NCAA Championships. Last season marked the first time LSU had advanced to the Super Six since the inception of the event began in LSU had been to the Championships 13 times since 1993 without advancing to the Super Six until last season s team broke through with a third-place finish with a in the preliminary round. LSU finished fifth last season in the Super Six, the second-highest finish in school history - in 1988 the Tigers finished fourth in the championships in Salt Lake City, Utah. No. 4 LSU (21-5) No. 8 Oklahoma (17-5) No. 9 Stanford (21-5) No. 12 Penn State (22-6)

2 PROBABLE LINEUPS SEASON HIGH 1. Kayla Rogers Sabrina Franceschelli Gloria Johnson Staci Schwitkis Susan Jackson Ashleigh Clare-Kearney SEASON HIGH 1. Staci Schwitkis Sabrina Franceschelli Samantha Engle Summer Hubbard Susan Jackson Ashleigh Clare-Kearney SEASON HIGH 1. Gloria Johnson Sabrina Franceschelli Samantha Engle Summer Hubbard Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Susan Jackson SEASON HIGH 1. Kayla Rogers Gloria Johnson Sabrina Franceschelli Summer Hubbard Susan Jackson Ashleigh Clare-Kearney ALL-AROUND SEASON HIGH 1. Susan Jackson Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Sabrina Franceschelli *Staci Schwitkis *Has competed in the all-around SPORTS INFORMATION Grad. Assistant SID/Gym.Contact Jake Terry Office Phone (225) Cell Phone (225) Office Fax (225) Mailing Address P.O. Box Baton Rouge, La FAMILIAR FOES LSU will face Georgia and Florida for the third time this season in the prelims of the NCAA Championships. Georgia has bested the Tigers twice this season - winning in Baton Rouge on Jan. 16 and at the SEC Championships March 21. LSU is 1-1 against Florida this season, beating the Gators in Baton Rouge Feb. 6 and falling to Florida at the SEC Championships. CLARE-KEARNEY, MOORE EARN REGION HONORS For the first time in her career, senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney was selected as the Central Region Gymnast of the Year. Clare-Kearney ranks third nationally in the all-around and broke the school record for individual titles at LSU this season. Bob Moore was named the Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year for the third time in his career. Moore received assistant of the year honors in 2007 and 2005, sharing the award in 05 with fellow LSU assistant Philip Ogletree. SUSAN JACKSON WINS ALL-AROUND AT REGIONAL Junior Susan Jackson has been phenomenal the past four weeks, scoring no less than a in the all-around. At the Central Regional in Ohio State, Jackson shined again as she became the Central Regional All-Around Champion with a Jackson clinched the overall meet championship for LSU by winning the beam title with a 9.925, the last performance of the meet. Jackson also posted a on vault, 9.90 on floor and 9.85 on bars. JACKSON, CLARE-KEARNEY ARE SEC CHAMPIONS AGAIN Senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney and junior Susan Jackson were SEC event champions for the second straight season as Clare-Kearney earned the floor title with a 9.95 and Jackson won the beam title with a By winning the events, both Clare-Kearney and Jackson earned First-Team All-SEC honors, marking Clare-Kearne s third straight year and Jackson s second. CLARE-KEARNEY IS TOPS IN INDIVIDUAL TITLES AT LSU Senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney earned her 26th career floor title at the SEC Championships to become LSU s all-time leader in career individual titles with 110. Going into the meet Clare-Kearney was tied for the career mark with former LSU great April Burkholder who recorded 109 from Clare-Kearney upped her total to 111 with a vault title at the Central Regional. Burkholder left LSU with 23 vault titles, 9 bars, 25 beam, 27 floor and 25 all-around. BEGINNING OF THE LINEUPS SETTING THE TONE All season the leadoff gymnasts in the Tigers four event lineups have been rock solid. Kayla Rogers averages a on vault and a on floor at the top spot in those lineups, but in the last three meets she has not scored less than a in either event. Staci Schwitkis averages a leading off on bars, and she has scored a 9.85 or higher in the last six meets. Freshman Gloria Johnson averages a on beam, but she has scored a 9.75 or higher six times this season to lead off for the Tigers. LSU RANKED IN TOP 10 IN THREE EVENTS In the event rankings LSU was listed in the top 10 in three events as the Tigers were No. 4 on bars with a RQS, No. 5 on vault with a score and No. 9 on beam at LSU is just outside the top 10 on floor as the Tigers remained No. 12 for the second straight week with a RQS. A.C.K. AND JACKSON IN TOP FIVE OF ALL-AROUND Individually, senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney stayed at No. 3 in the all-around rankings with a RQS, and junior Susan Jackson moved up one spot right behind Clare-Kearney at No. 4 with a score. Jackson leapt Lindsey Puckett of Auburn in the all-around standings by finishing in a tie for second at the SEC Championship.

3 THREE TIGERS RANKED IN FOUR EVENTS Ashleigh Clare-Kearney remained No. 1 in the floor rankings for the sixth straight week with a RQS, and she also checked in at No. 4 in the vault rankings with a score. Clare-Kearney was fifth on bars with a RQS. Susan Jackson was ranked No. 12 on vault with a 9.90 RQS, 14th on bars with a score and 16th on beam with a mark. For the second straight week junior Summer Hubbard checked in the beam rankings as she was listed at No. 25 with a RQS. ETTA JAMES MEET SUCCESSFUL AGAIN LSU hosted the Second Annual Etta James Memorial Meet Saturday against NC State, and it was a huge success. LSU and the Baton Rouge community raised $50,171 for Foundation56, an organization created by former LSU football player Bradie James to raise awareness for breast cancer. The second-highest crowd in school history, 6,170 people, attended the meet to cheer on the Tigers and support breast cancer awarenes. Last season marked the inaugural Etta James Memorial Meet. The meet was phenomenal as the Baton Rouge community helped rasie $30,950 for Foundation56. An LSU home meet record of 7,717 fans attended the meet to show their support and cheer on the Tigers. TWO TIGERS EARN SEC GYMNAST OF THE WEEK HONORS Ashleigh Clare-Kearney was named the SEC Gymnast of the Week for the sixth time in her career on Feb. 10 for her performance against Florida. Clare-Kearney sealed the win with a on floor, the final performance of the night. Susan Jackson earned the first SEC Gymnast of the Week honor of her career with a spectacular all-around performance againt NC State. Her total marked the highest of the week of any SEC competitor as she scored a 9.90 or higher on all four events including a career-best 9.95 on beam and season highs on bars (9.925) and floor (9.925). She also won four individual titles. GLORIA JOHNSON - SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK TWICE Gloria Johnson earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the second straight week on Feb. 24 as she recorded the best meet of her young career in the tri-meet against Illinois-Chicago and North Carolina. Johnson tallied two 9.90 s and captured her first individual title at LSU. Johnson won the vault title with a 9.90 and also scored a 9.90 on floor. Johnson earned her first SEC honor a week earlier on Feb. 17 after setting a career-high with a on beam to lead the Tigers to victory over Alabama. A WIN FOR THE AGES LSU captured a historic win by beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa, , on Feb. 13. It marked only the second time in the 35 years of the program s history that LSU has beaten Alabama in its home arena. The first victory at Alabama came back in 1976, two seasons before head coach D-D Breaux took over the program, so the win this season marked the first time in Breaux s career that she has defeated the Crimson Tide on the Capstone. RECORD CROWDS AGAINST NC STATE AND GEORGIA A home opener record crowd of 4,369 witnessed the LSU-UGA meet last Friday, a number that ranks third all time on the career top attendance list for the program. It marked the first time since the 2004 home opener against Alabama (4,170) that more than 4,000 fans filled the PMAC for the first home meet of the season. Against NC State in the Second Annual Etta James Memorial Meet, 6,170 fans packed into the PMAC to watch the Tigers trounce the Wolfpack. Top Attendance Figures in LSU Gymnastics History Rank Attendance Opponent Date Result Score 1. 7,717 Alabama 2/22/08 L ,170 NC State 3/7/09 W ,076 Georgia 2/24/95 L ,369 Georgia 1/16/09 L ,170 Alabama 1/23/04 L NATIONAL RANKINGS (AS OF APRIL 7, 2009) RANK TEAM NATIONAL QUALIFYING SCORE 1. Georgia Utah Alabama LSU Florida Oregon State UCLA Oklahoma Stanford Arkansas Illinois Penn State Missouri t14. Michigan t14. Ohio State Auburn Nebraska Denver Iowa State Boise State Kent State Michigan State Central Michigan Arizona West Virginia LSU IN THE RANKINGS WEEK TEAM VT UB BB FX Preseason 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A 01/12/ NR 12 01/19/ /26/ /02/ /09/ /16/ /23/ /02/ /09/ /16/ /23/ /30/

4 2009 INDIVIDUAL TITLES HEAD COACH D-D BREAUX Jan. 2 AT CANCUN CLASSIC Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Jan. 9 AT IOWA Susan Jackson FEB. 20 VS. UIC/UNC Gloria Johnson Susan Jackson Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Kayla Rogers Ashleigh Clare-Kearney The Dean of Coaches at LSU, D-D Breaux is in her 32nd season at the helm of the Tiger gymnastics program, and the fire in Breaux's eyes burns as brightly today as it did on her first day of the job. Breaux owns an all-time regular season record of (.654), as well as a (.561) postseason mark. For her stellar accomplishments throughout the years Breaux has been named the NCAA Regional Coach of the Year four times (1999, 2002, 2005 and 2007), the SEC Coach of the Year five times (1993, 1994, 1995, 2000 and 2005) and was a finalist for national Coach of the Year honors in 1988 after guiding her team to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. A LOOK AT THE TIGERS Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Samantha Engle Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Susan Jackson Jan. 16 VS. GEORGIA Jan. 23 AT KENTUCKY Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Summer Hubbard Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Jan. 30 AT AUBURN Susan Jackson Susan Jackson Ashleigh Clare-Kearney FEB. 6 VS. FLORIDA Susan Jackson Susan Jackson Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Ashleigh Clare-Kearney FEB. 13 AT ALABAMA Susan Jackson Summer Hubbard Ashleigh Clare-Kearney FEB. 27 VS. ARKANSAS Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Staci Schwitkis Summer Hubbard Ashleigh Clare-Kearney MARCH 7 VS. NC STATE Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Susan Jackson Susan Jackson Susan Jackson Susan Jackson MARCH 13 AT CENTENARY Susan Jackson Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Summer Hubbard Susan Jackson Susan Jackson MARCH 21 AT SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS Susan Jackson APRIL 4 AT CENTRAL REGIONAL Summer Hubbard Susan Jackson Susan Jackson PAIGE CIPOLLONI - Sophomore from Macungie, Pa.... Scored a on vault at Centenary to close to the regular season... Posted a on vault at Kentucky in her only action this season... A major contributor to the Tigers' sucess on the vault last season. ASHLEIGH CLARE-KEARNEY - Senior from Manchester, Conn.... Has claimed 28 individual titles, including five all-around, through 13 meets this season... Up to 111 career individual titles... Ranks third nationally in the all-around ( RQS), first on floor (9.945), fourth on vault (9.930), ranks fifth on bars (9.910) as of March Earned First-Team All-SEC honors for the third straight season... Won the vault title at the NCAA Regional with a Is the SEC Floor Champion for the second straight year by winning the floor title with a 9.95 at the SEC Championships... Captured the bars title with a against Centenary in the only event in which she competed... Scored a perfect on vault against NC State - the fourth of her career in the event and fifth overall and also posted 9.90s on bars and floor... Earned another three titles against Arkansas by winning vault with a 9.950, floor with a and tied for bars with a Finished with four titles against Illinois-Chicago and North Carolina as she won the bars title (9.950), tied for beam (9.90), tied for floor (9.925) and won the all-around (39.625)... Her on bars in the tri-meet tied her career high... Captured the vault title (9.90), floor title (9.950) and all-around (39.500) at Alabama to reach 100 career titles... Took the floor title in Auburn and versus Florida with a score of and 9.975, respectively... Named the SEC Gymnast of the Week and LSU Female Student-Athlete of the Week for her performance against Florida... Named the LSU Female Student- Athlete of the Week for her preformance against Auburn (1/30)... Tied for first on vault against Georgia with a Took the all-around title in the Cancun Classic (1/2) posting a and claimed three individual event titles at the same meet on floor, vault and bars... Picked up two event titles at Iowa on bars (9.850) and floor (9.875). SAMANTHA ENGLE - Sophomore from Plano, Texas... Earned a 9.80 on bars and on beam at the NCAA Regional... Recorded a 9.80 on bars at Centenary, her ninth of the season in the event... Scored a on bars against NC State... Posted her seventh straight performance of 9.80 or better on bars with a 9.80 against UIC and UNC... Scored a 9.85 on bars at Alabama... Set season highs versus Florida on bars (9.875) and beam (9.850)... Matched her season highs against Georgia with two 9.80 s on bars and floor... Took home her first event title of the season at Iowa on beam (9.825)... Has competed on all events except vault in both meets this season, scoring s or higher... Was a mainstay in the TIgers' beam and floor lineups as a freshman... Posted nine scores of or higher in 16 meets last season. SABRINA FRANCESCHELLI - Junior from Roslindale, Mass.... Competed in the all-around in eight of 13 meets this season... Posted two 9.80 s on vault and floor with a 9.85 on bars at the NCAA Regional... Recorded a 9.80 at the SEC Championships on both vault and bars... Had one of the best meets of her career as she finished with a career-high all-around mark at Centenary... She scored three s on vault, bars and beam, and she scored a 9.85 on floor against Centenary... Scored a on bars against NC State... Finished with a on bars and a 9.80 on beam against

5 Arkansas... Recorded a career-high on bars and also scored a 9.80 on beam and a against UIC and UNC... Tallied a on beam and a season-high floor score at Alabama... Finished with a season high on beam against Florida with a 9.85 and also scored a 9.85 on bars... Tallied a season-high all-around score against Georgia... Scored a 9.80 on vault, a on beam and a on bars against UGA... Finished second in the all-around at the Cancun Classic with a SUMMER HUBBARD - Junior from St. Petersburg, Fla.... Has competed on bars, floor and beam this season... Won the bars title with a at the NCAA Regional... Tallied a 9.80 on beam and a on floor at the SEC Championships... Recorded her third-straight outstanding meet at Centenary with a 9.90 on bars and beam as well as a Captured the beam title against Centenary - her fourth beam title of the season... Finished with great scores against NC State - season-high 9.90 on bars, 9.80 on beam and third-straight season-high on floor... Had a fantastic meet against Arkansas when she tallied a on bars, 9.90 on beam and a on floor... Her 9.90 on beam was her third individual title of the season in the event... Recorded a on bars, on beam and a career-high on floor in the tri-meet against UIC and UNC... Captured her second individual title of the season with a beam score at Alabama... Posted a season-high 9.80 on floor against Florida... Tallied a season-high 9.90 to win beam at Kentucky... Scored her first 9.80 of the season on bars against Georgia... Earned All-America honors on the bars at the NCAA Champioships last season. SUSAN JACKSON - Junior from Spring, Texas... Claimed 18 individual titles this season - four allaround - through 13 meets this season... Ranked fourth in the all-around standings with a RQS and is ranked 12th nationally on vault with a 9.90 RQS, 14th on bars (9.885) and 16th on beam with a mark as of March Was the NCAA Central Regional All-Around Champion with a and won the beam title with a Earned First-Team All-SEC honors for the second straight season and is the SEC Beam Champion after winning the title with a 9.90 at the SEC Championships... Finished second in the all-around at the SEC meet with a score... Recorded a all-around mark to win the crown at Centenary and also scored a on floor to win the title and a 9.95 on vault to win... Had the best meet of her career with a career-best all-around score against NC State, including three event titles on bars, career-high 9.50 on beam and on floor... Earned her first SEC Gymnast of the Week Honors (3/10) for her performance against NC State... Finished with a on vault, on bars and a on beam against Arkansas... Recorded a 9.90 score on beam to win the title against Illinois-Chicago and North Carolina... Also tied her season high with a all-around score... Tallied an inidividual title on beam (tying Hubbard) with a at Alabama... Picked up two individual titles against Florida with a 9.90 on vault and a season-high on bars... Captured the bars title with a at Auburn... Also tied first on beam with a Finished with a in the all-around to lead the Tigers against Georgia as she scored three 9.850s on vault, beam and floor... Won the vault title at Iowa with a and captured the all-around with a total. GLORIA JOHNSON - Freshman from Baton Rouge, La... Made her college debut at the Cancun Classic (1/2)... Tallied a 9.80 on floor and a 9.85 on vault at the NCAA Regional... Scored a 9.85 on vault at the SEC Championships... Posted a 9.80 on floor at Centenary... Recorded her ninth on vault with a 9.80 against NC State... Scored a 9.80 on vault and a season-high tying on beam against Arkansas... Honored as the SEC Freshman of the Week for the second straight week after her incredible performance against Illinois-Chicago and North Carolina... In the tri-meet she finished with her first two 9.90 s in her career... Captured her first individual title by winning on vault with a 9.90 and also recorded a 9.90 on floor and a 9.80 on beam in the tri-meet... Performed her best this season at Alabama with a on vault, a season-best on beam and a season-high on floor... Named the SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 17 for her performance at Alabama... Had a great meet against Georgia in the first home meet of her career when she scored a on vault and a season-high on beam... Notched a on vault and on beam in that meet... Broke her career high against Florida on beam with a Posted great scores on vault (9.850) and beam (9.800) in that meet... Has posted a five times on vault. SEC STANDINGS TEAM SEC PCT. OVERALL PCT. HIGH SCORE GEORGIA LSU FLORIDA AUBURN ARKANSAS ALABAMA KENTUCKY LAST WEEK IN THE SEC Saturday, April 4 Team Finish Score NCAA Central Regional LSU 1st Kentucky 6th NCAA North Central Regional Florida 1st NCAA Northeast Regional Alabama 1st NCAA South Central Regional Arkansas 1st NCAA Southeast Regional Georgia 1st NCAA West Regional Auburn 4th THIS WEEK IN THE SEC NCAA Championships - Session One Georgia - bye, floor, vault, bye, bars, beam LSU - beam, bye, floor, vault, bye, bars Florida - floor, vault, bye, bars, beam, bye NCAA Championships - Session Two Alabama - floor, vault, bye, bars, beam, bye Arkansas - bye, floor, vault, bye, bars, beam

6 CAREER INDIVIDUAL TITLES Updated Through April 5, 2009 Sr. Ashleigh Clare-Kearney total titles 35 vault, 26 floor, 22 all-around, 18 bars, 10 beam Jr. Susan Jackson - 28 total titles 7 beam, 6 vault, 5 bars, 5 floor, 5 all-around Jr. Summer Hubbard - 10 total titles 6 bars, 4 beam Sr. Lauren Klein - 8 total titles 7 floor, 1 vault So. Staci Schwitkis - 4 total titles 4 bars Jr. Sabrina Franceschelli - 3 total titles 2 bars, 1 floor So. Samantha Engle - 1 total title 1 beam Fr. Gloria Johnson - 1 total title 1 vault Jr. Kayla Rogers - 1 total title 1 floor So. Paige Cipolloni - 0 total titles Fr. Ashley Lee - 0 total titles So. Nicole Lyons - 0 total titles So. Kirstie Viens - 0 total titles LAUREN KLEIN - Senior from The Woodlands, Texas... Suffered an injury to her ankle during warmups in Cancun that kept her out for three meets... Scored a on bars at Kentucky and a on bars at Auburn... Saw action on the vault, beam and floor last season... Named to the SEC Honor Roll and was an NACGC Academic All-American last season. ASHLEY LEE - Freshman from Vacaville, Calif.... Transferred at midterm from Baton Rouge Community College... Tallied a on vault at Centenary... Has competed twice with a career-high 9.80 vault at Alabama in the No. 6 position and a at the No. 6 position at Auburn. NICOLE LYONS - Sophomore from Mountaintop, Pa.... Injured her ankle before the season and will redshirt this season. KAYLA ROGERS - Junior from Liberty, Mo.... Tallied a on floor and a 9.85 on vault at the NCAA Regional... Solid yet again with a on floor and a 9.85 on vault leading off for the Tigers in both events... Posted a 9.90 on vault and 9.85 on flor at Centenary... Recorded a on floor versus NC State... Scored a season-high and career-high tying 9.90 on vault to lead the Tigers off on vault against Arkansas... Captured her first individual title of her career with a on floor (tying Clare-Kearney) against Illinois-Chicago and North Carolina... Also scored a on vault in the tri-meet... Tallied a on vault at Alabama... Tied a career high with a 9.90 on floor against Florida... Recorded a 9.85 on floor against Georgia... Helped the Tigers post a season-high on vault with a season-high at Iowa... Has competed on vault and floor this season. STACI SCHWITKIS - Sophomore from San Diego, Calif... Delivered two 9.85 s on vault and bars at the NCAA Regional... Posted a 9.85 on vault and bars at the SEC Championships... Scored three 9.85 s at Centneary on vault, bars and beam... Tallied another successful all-around performance with a against NC State, including a 9.85 on vault, bars and beam, which is a career high on beam... Notched her first individual title of the season by scoring a on bars against Arkansas and led LSU in the allaround with a Recorded her best meet of the season with three career-highs, including a all-around score against Illinois-Chicago and North Carolina... Also recorded career-highs on beam (9.825) and floor (9.85) and tallied a 9.80 on vault in the tri-meet... Had a fantastic meet at Alabama by scoring a on vault and a on bars... Broke her season high against Florida with a on bars and also scored a 9.80 on vault... Hit for a 9.80 against Georgia on vault, marking the third time in three meets this season she has scored a 9.80 or higher... Proved to be a soild competitor for the Tigers on the vault and bars last season... Hit all 29 of her competitive rountines as a freshman, not scoring below a in any event. KIRSTIE VIENS - Sophomore transfer from George Washington University... Originally from Mansfield, Conn.... Saw her first action as a Tiger at Centenary where she scored a 9.80 on floor. TIGER SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS NAME ALL-AROUND ALL-AROUND Paige Cipolloni Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Samantha Engle Sabrina Franceschelli Summer Hubbard Susan Jackson Gloria Johnson Lauren Klein Ashley Lee Nicole Lyons Kayla Rogers Staci Schwitkis Kirstie Viens

7 2009 LSU GYMNASTICS TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (AS OF APRIL 5, 2009) Overall Record: 21-5, Postseason Record: 5-0, SEC Record: 4-2, Home: 5-1, Away: 5-1, Neutral: 11-3 DATE MEET TEAM TEAM SCORE ATTEND. NR 1/2 at Cancun Classic LSU (Cancun, Mexico) BSU UM UNC /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri LSU * SE Missouri Iowa /16 Georgia Georgia ,369 8 LSU /23 at Kentucky LSU , Kentucky /30 at Auburn Auburn ,521 6 LSU /6 Florida LSU * , Florida /13 at Alabama LSU , Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago LSU * * * 1, UNC Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas LSU ,045 6 Arkansas /7 N.C. State LSU , NC State /13 at Centenary LSU Centenary /21 SEC Championship Alabama ,045 5 (Nashville, Tenn.) Georgia Florida LSU Auburn Arkansas Kentucky /4 NCAA Central Regional LSU * ,476 5 (Columbus, Ohio) Oregon State Ohio State Michigan State Kent State Kentucky /16-18 NCAA Championships KEY (Lincoln, Neb.) * - Denotes season high LSU Total Average VT Avg. UB Avg. BB Avg. FX Avg

8 PAIGE CIPOLLONI 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average ASHLEIGH CLARE-KEARNEY 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average SAMANTHA ENGLE 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average SABRINA FRANCESCHELLI 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average SUMMER HUBBARD 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average SUSAN JACKSON 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average GLORIA JOHNSON 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average LAUREN KLEIN 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average

9 ASHLEY LEE 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average NICOLE LYONS 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average KAYLA ROGERS 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average STACI SCHWITKIS 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average KIRSTIE VIENS 1/2 at Cancun Classic /9 at Iowa/SE Missouri /16 Georgia /23 at Kentucky /30 at Auburn /6 Florida /13 at Alabama /20 UNC/Illinois-Chicago /27 Arkansas /7 N.C. State /13 at Centenary /21 SEC Championships /4 NCAA Regionals Season Average

10 2009: 28TH ANNUAL NATIONAL COLLEGIATE WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Finals April 16-18, 2009 Session One April 16 1 p.m. Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Neb. Rank NQS Region RQS Regional Score Georgia Southeast (1) LSU Central (1) Florida North Central (1) Oklahoma Northeast (2) Stanford South Central (2) Penn State Southeast (2) Session Two April 16 7 p.m. Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Neb. Rank NQS Region RQS Regional Score Utah West (1) Alabama Northeast (1) Oregon State Central (2) UCLA North Central (2) Arkansas South Central (1) Illinois West (2)