Watch: Aleah Finnegan impresses in floor routine as she dominates the all-around at the LSU Tigers' 2025 season opener

Aleah Finnegan stunned the crowd at the packed Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during the LSU Tigers 2025 season. She dominated the all-around event while the Tigers entered the campaign as the defending champions.

Finnegan, who became the first Filipina artistic gymnast to compete at the Olympics since 1964 executed an astonishing floor routine on Friday, January 3, against the Iowa State. After Sierra Ballard posted 9.850 points and Chase Brock, Olivia Dunne, and Amari Dayton listed 9.875 points individually, Finnegan led the event with a total of 9.950 points.

She performed the last routine for the Tigers on Friday evening. As the senior gymnast stepped on the floor, the crowd present - the largest crowd ever seen at an LSU season opener - erupted in excitement and cheered for her. Her routine included dance and scale elements, featuring flips, turns, passes, and leaps.

Watch Finnegan's floor routine at the LSU Tigers' 2025 season opener here:

The LSU Tigers dominated the season-opener faceoff after outpacing the Iowa State gymnastics team in front of 12,324 fans, with a significant lead of 197.300 - 194.100 points. They bagged 49.500, 49.175, 49.275, and 49.350 points on the floor, beam, bars, and vault events, respectively.

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Aleah Finnegan took home the all-around title after dominating all the apparatus at the LSU Tigers' season opener of 2025

Aleah Finnegan of the LSU Tigers during The Gymnastics 101 Exhibition in Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo via Getty Images)

Apart from dominating the floor event, Finnegan also led the other three apparatus at the LSU Tigers' 2025 season opener to bag home the all-around title. She scored a staggering 9.95 points on the vault - an apparatus which she finished in seventh place at the Paris Olympics - after executing a flawless routine, followed by Sophomore Amara Drayton, who posted 9.925 points.

Watch Finnegan's vault routine at the LSU vs Iowa State clash here.

After collecting 9.90 points in both attempts of the uneven bars, she dominated the event as well, tying with Kailin Chio, who made her debut as a Freshman. They both again tied for first place in the balance beam event, registering a score of 9.925 points.

Aleah Finnegan secured the titles on all four events and the all-around for the first time since Haleigh Bryant in the Podium Challenge last season. The LSU Tigers will next lock horns at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad on Saturday, January 11.