Jan. 18, 2010

Courtesy of LSU

BATON ROUGE - After posting the nation's highest all-around total with a 39.625 at the Lady Luck Invitational in Las Vegas, LSU gymnast Susan Jackson was ranked No. 1 in the all-around standings released by GymInfo Monday.

Jackson's 39.450 all-around average was enough to edge the 39.412 average by Florida's Ashanée Dickerson.

In the Lady Luck Invitational, Jackson captured three event titles in addition to her seventh career all-around crown. She won her eighth career vault title with a career-high tying 9.95, her eighth career beam title with a 9.90 and her seventh career floor title with a 9.85.

Jackson also scored a 9.925 on bars to add to the second-highest all-around mark of her career.

In the event rankings, Jackson checked in at No. 4 on vault with a 9.90 average, No. 7 on bars with a 9.875 tally and No. 9 on floor at 9.875.

Senior Kayla Rogers was No. 20 in the vault rankings with a 9.85 average.

In the team rankings, LSU (2-2, 0-1 SEC) remained at No. 16 even though the Tigers increased the season average with a 195.350 score in the Lady Luck Invite.

UCLA was ranked No. 1 for the second-straight week with a 196.362 team average.

In the team event rankings, LSU ranked No. 7 on vault with an average score of 49.050. The Tigers were 13th on bars at 48.837, 18th on floor at 48.750 and 21st on beam with a 48.225 average.

LSU will be back in action in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Friday against 11th-ranked Auburn at 7 p.m. CT.

GymInfo Top 25 - January 18, 2010

Rank Team Season Average
1. UCLA 196.362
2. Oklahoma 196.275
3. Alabama 195.962
4. Florida 195.925
5. Oregon State 195.875
6. Utah 195.712
7. Arkansas 195.662
8. Stanford 195.537
9. Nebraska 195.450
10. Georgia 195.325
11. Auburn 195.262
12. Kentucky 195.187
13. Missouri 195.175
14. Denver 195.112
15. Michigan 194.875
16. LSU 194.862
17. Iowa State 194.325
18. Boise State 194.200
19. Michigan St. 194.175
20. Washington 194.162
21. Southern Utah 194.100
22. Penn State 194.025
23. N. C. State 193.825
24. Arizona 193.662
25. Illinois 193.112