A star couple was again in Baton Rouge Friday night time, and one half of that couple started a quest to develop into a back-to-back nationwide champion.
Livvy Dunne and the defending nationwide champion LSU gymnastics squad opened their season Friday towards Iowa State.
Dunne, again for her fifth 12 months of eligibility, helped the second-ranked workforce within the nation to a 197.300-194.100 victory over Iowa State.
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Olivia Dunne of the LSU Tigers earlier than a meet towards the Florida Gators on the Stephen C. O’Connell Heart Feb. 23, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla. (James Gilbert/Getty Photos)
Dunne positioned third within the flooring and fourth on the beam with scores of 9.875 and 9.825, respectively.
Dunne’s boyfriend, LSU alum and Nationwide League Rookie of the 12 months Paul Skenes, was additionally in attendance.
Earlier than turning into the No. 1 choose of the 2023 MLB Draft, Skenes was the ace of an LSU squad that received the Faculty World Collection. Skenes was known as as much as the large leagues early within the season, began the All-Star Sport and completed third within the NL Cy Younger Award vote together with his 1.96 ERA and 11.5 Ok/9.
Paul Skenes and Olivia Dunne on the set of ESPN’s “Faculty GameDay” on the LSU Quad Nov. 9, 2024, in Baton Rouge. (LSU Athletics/College Photos through Getty Photos)
LSU’s Aleah Finnegan, an Olympic gymnast from the Philippines, led the all-around with a rating of 39.725.
The meet got here simply days after Dunne and Skenes had been out on Bourbon Avenue, hours earlier than a terror assault killed 14 individuals within the French Quarter.
LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne and her boyfriend, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, celebrated New 12 months’s in New Orleans. (livvydunne through Instagram)
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Bourbon Avenue is roughly an hour and a half from Baton Rogue.
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