The No. 7 Missouri Tigers matched their program-best finish in the SEC Championships on Saturday in Birmingham, Ala.
The Tigers posted a 197.400, while No. 2 LSU won the conference championship with a 198.200, No. 1 Oklahoma placed second at 197.925 and No. 3 Florida finished third at 197.825.
Graduate student Mara Titarsolej led the Tigers with a perfect 10 on the bars, the third time she has achieved the mark in her career and first time this season. She was co-champion on the bars.
Helen Hu claimed the SEC beam co-championship with a 9.925, while Missouri also sent Jocelyn Moore and Kennedy Griffin to the podium with both scoring 9.950 on the floor to earn co-silver medals.
Missouri scored 49.125 as a team on the beam, led by Hu, who earned the first conference championship of her career. Freshman Olivia Kelly added a 9.850. Amy Wier and Addison Lawrence both scored 9.800, while Abby Mueller added a 9.725 and Amari Celestine scored 9.750.
The Tigers combined for a 49.600 on the floor, the program’s second-best team score on the floor exercise in the championship meet.
Along with Moore and Griffin, Celestine scored a 9.925, Rayna Light added a 9.900, Hannah Horton scored a 9.875 and Elise Tisler added a 9.825.
Missouri added a 49.100 as a team on the vault.
Moore led the way with a 9.875, Celestine scored a 9.850, Griffin and Tisler both scored 9.800 and Kelly and Horton both scored 9.775.
The Tigers added a team total of 49.575 on the uneven bars.
Along with Titarsolej’s 10, Moore and Moore scored 9.925, Kyra Burns had a 9.900, Horton and Celestine both scored 9.875 and Kelly added a 9.850.
The Tigers will learn their NCAA Regional fate Monday at 11 a.m. The selection show will be streamed on NCAA.com.
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