Gymnastics legend Simone Biles poses with members of the LSU gymnastics team at their practice facility on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

The GOAT paid a visit to the Tigers on Tuesday. Simone Biles, the seven-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast, was in Baton Rouge on Tuesday and stopped by the LSU gymnastics facility as the Tigers began preparations for next week’s NCAA regional at Penn State.

Biles, who is from Spring, Texas, is friends with LSU freshman gymnast Zoe Miller, who is also from Spring. Both train at a facility called the World Champions Centre, which is owned by Biles’ parents.

Biles was expected to attend the LSU-UL baseball game Tuesday night at Alex Box Stadium with some of the LSU gymnasts. Miller’s boyfriend is Tigers third baseman Michael Braswell.

Biles, who is married to Chicago Bears and former Houston Texans safety Jonathan Owens, is considered the most decorated gymnast of all time. She has seven Olympic gold medals, along with two silver and two bronze, from the 2016, 2020, and 2024 games. Last year in the Paris Olympics she won the all-around gold medal, the vault gold medal, and team gold medal with a silver on floor exercise. Biles has also won 30 world championship medals, including 24 gold.

LSU senior gymnast Aleah Finnegan also competed in the Paris Olympics alongside Biles.

The LSU gymnastics team earned its first No. 1 national seed for the NCAA Championships after winning the SEC championship meet Saturday in Birmingham, Alabama. The Tigers will travel next week to University Park, Pennsylvania, where they will compete in a semifinal at 6 p.m. April 3 against Arkansas, Michigan, and the winner of an April 2 play-in meet between Maryland and West Virginia.

The top two teams from each semifinal will meet in the regional final at 4 p.m. April 5, with the top two teams there going on to the NCAA national semifinals, April 17 in Fort Worth, Texas.