Olivia Dunne, Haleigh Bryant, and other LSU gymnasts react to teammate Kathryn Weilbacher starting her 4th NCAA year

Olivia Dunne, Haleigh Bryant, and other LSU gymnasts recently reacted to Kathryn Weilbacher starting her 4th NCAA year with the Tiger's squad. The 2024/25 season of the NCAA Division I Women’s Gymnastics Championships will commence on April 16, 2025, and conclude on April 20, 2025.

Weilbacher recently announced that she would be competing in the NCAA circuit in her fourth year with the Louisiana State University Tigers women's gymnastics team. Once a part of the Bowling Green State University Gymnastics team member, Weilbacher will compete in her final year of eligibility with the LSU Tigers.

She will be a part of an impressive roster, with Dunne returning to the squad for her fifth year, Haleigh Bryant, Aleah Finnegan, Sierra Ballard, Chase Brock, and Lexis Zeiss. Houston native gymnast took to social media to make an announcement about the fourth year in the NCAA circuit and wrote:

"Year 4 😁"

Following this, her teammates expressed their excitement and praise with Dunne writing:

"LFGG."

Ballard expressed her admiration for the gymnast and wrote:

"So beautiful."

The 5th-year senior Chase Brock wrote:

"Yes Ma'am 😍😍"

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LSU senior and Olympic Aleah Finnegan praised her fellow teammate, writing:

"Best one."

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Haleigh Bryant penned a sweet message for Weilbacher and wrote:

"Perfect little cookie."

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"I still struggle with it to this day" - Olivia Dunne opens up on battling body image issues

Olivia Dunne of the LSU Tigers poses for a portrait during media day held at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo via Getty Images)

Olivia Dunne highlighted the challenges gymnasts face related to body image.

In an interview with Flaunt.com, she acknowledged that even though she is now confident, she navigated the hard road that leads to body image issues, especially with female gymnasts.

“You have to have tough skin to do gymnastics or any artistic sport,” she said. “I actually looked at a statistic, and it said anorexia and body image issues are the highest in artistic sports. That is terrible, but I understand it. Growing up in elite gymnastics, it was very hard with body image."

She added:

"Being a young girl going through puberty, it’s hard to be in a leotard. The whole sport of gymnastics is having people judge you, and I just think that’s something not a lot of people talk about. Yes, I’m confident in myself, but it’s something I still struggle with to this day. I want girls to know that it’s normal. That’s normal.”

Although Olivia Dunne is one of the highest-paid collegiate female athletes, she has consistently dealt with negative remarks.