sport news Watch the incredible moment Olivia Dunne and her LSU Gymnastics teammates found ... trends now

View
comments

Olivia Dunne immediately burst into tears when she and her LSU gymnastics teammates found out they had secured the program's first national championship. 

Up against stiff competition from No 3-5 national seeds California, Utah, and Florida, the Dunne and the rest of the No 2-ranked Tigers knew the margins to be crowned champions were razor thin. 

To make Dunne even more jittery on the sidelines was LSU finishing the meet on balance beam, a notoriously hard discipline to maintain or increase a lead. 

After LSU head coach Jay Clark confirmed Aleah Finnegan's 9.950 in the team's final routine of the season was enough to claim a title, the relief was obvious from Dunne, who could not stop the waterworks. 

Dunne was far from the only LSU gymnast overcome with emotion. Although she did not compete in the national-championship meet, the social-media sensation had been a valued member of the Tigers' squad all season long.