NASHVILLE (AP) — Fisk University’s bold experiment in women’s gymnastics is coming to an end. The school has announced it is shuttering the program at the end of the 2026 season.

Fisk University, the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) to launch a collegiate gymnastics team, has announced it will discontinue the program after the 2025-2026 academic year.

Also, with Fisk launching a new sport so quickly, it had no chance to compete with facilities and student-athlete services at successful college gymnastics programs such as at the University of ...

Fisk University’s history-making women’s gymnastics team has already broken down barriers for HBCU athletes. Now, the team is ready to share its inspiring story with the world.

Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., is the first historically Black university to have a women's intercollegiate gymnastics team. The 16-member team is in its first season.

Last week, Fisk University finished fourth at the Super 16 gymnastics invitational in Las Vegas. At the same time, the women's team from the Nashville school also recorded an even more important ...

— Fisk U. Athletics (@fiskathletics) February 11, 2022 Fisk University’s women’s gymnastics team is led by Corrine Tarver, who also became the school’s athletic director in July.

FILE - Members of Fisk University team, including coach Corrinne Tarver, in yellow, cheer during a Super 16 gymnastics meet Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. Chase Stevens - FR171365 AP ...

"First gymnastics practice in all of Fisk University history," Zyia wrote on her TikTok video. The nearly minute-long video showed athletes performing balance beam exercises and a variety of flips.

Fisk University will become the first HBCU school to launch and host an intercollegiate women's gymnastics program. The inaugural season will commence in January 2023.

Fisk University gymnasts lined up to introduce themselves at the Brown Girls Do Gymnastics Conference in July. From left, Zyia Coleman, Liberty Grace Mora, Aliyah Reed-Hammon, Hailey Clark and ...