Kailin Chio named SEC Freshman of the Week
BATON ROUGE - LSU Gymnastics freshman Kailin Chio was named the Week Eight SEC Freshman of the Week. She won her fourth straight all-around title against No. 9 Kentucky to win her fourth straight conference honor.
Chio posted a score of 39.575 in the all-around last Friday to help lead LSU to a win over the Wildcats. She posted meet-high scores of 9.925 on vault and 9.875 on bars for the Tigers.
The freshman took home three titles following her performance on vault, bars and the all-around, moving her career total to 13. She has now taken home at least one event title in all but one meet this year.
Chio currently ranks the No. 4 gymnast in the country with her National Qualifying Score of 39.615 in the all-around and is ranked in the top 25 nationally in every event, including top 10 placements on vault and beam.
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She is now tied with Haleigh Bryant for the most SEC Awards during a freshman season with six.