Fisk University is the first Historically Black University or College to have a women's gymnastics team.
Being a good gymnast requires dedication, discipline and strength. The women's gymnastics team at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, emulates all those qualities, and they're making history.Freshman Jordynn Cromartie is a big part of why the team came together.Cromartie said the idea to form a team started with a Thanksgiving conversation she had with her uncle, who is a trustee at Fisk.
Several months later, the team was formed. It worked out well for Cromartie, who said she always wanted to attend an HBCU. Tarver led that charge as the first Black gymnast to win an NCAA all-around national championship in 1987. Now, she says she's living out her dream as the head coach, and inspiring other HBCUs to form their own gymnastics teams, like Talladega College in Alabama.
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