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Fisk University is the first HBCU to have an intercollegiate women's gymnastics team

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The school in Nashville, Tenn., started the program last spring, and the team's first meet is Friday. Coach Corrine Tarver was the first Black gymnast to win an NCAA all around championship

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Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., is the first historically Black university to have an intercollegiate women's gymnastics team. The program started last spring, and the 16-member team is gearing² up for its first meet today. Ambriehl Crutchfield from member station WPLN reports.

AMBRIEHL CRUTCHFIELD, BYLINE³: When Morgan Price was just 2 years old, she was starting gymnastics in a Mommy and Me class. Since then, she's excelled⁴ on the vault⁵, bars, beam and on the floor.

MORGAN PRICE: I would always watch on TV, and I was just always like, ooh, I want to do that.

CRUTCHFIELD: Price says she enjoys watching Olympic gymnast Simone Biles because of her confidence.

PRICE: She just shows what, like, a true gymnast should look like.

CRUTCHFIELD: Before Biles, there was Dominique Dawes. In the '90s, Dawes became the first Black woman to join the U.S. gymnastics team and the first to win a gold medal with the team and an individual bronze medal.

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CRUTCHFIELD: Back at the gym, Price is eagerly waiting for her first floor practice. This is one of her favorite parts of gymnastics because she can show off her dance skills. Price speaks loudly through her movements and attitude. At the edge of the mat, Price moves her hands like she's a mime⁶ in a box, but instead of looking at what she's doing, her face is watching the audience, like I know you see me hitting this.

RUSSELL WARFIELD: Work. What, what, what, what...

CRUTCHFIELD: (Laughter).

That's Russell Warfield. He's the choreographer⁷. His experience as a dancer, Broadway performer and gymnast all comes together in Fisk's floor routine. He met Price about two years ago at a gymnastics camp.

WARFIELD: There's certain people that stick out in my mind. It's just - they click, and they have a certain energy about them, and they're excited, and they want to learn. And that's what I always liked about Morgan.

CRUTCHFIELD: Fisk's gymnastics coach, Corrinne Tarver, has coached for over 30 years and was the first Black gymnast to win an NCAA all-around championship, meaning she was a strong competitor in all four gymnastics exercises. She comes to practice just as Price is starting to learn the second part of her dance.

CORRINNE TARVER: She's everything that we could want, you know, along with so many other girls on our team.

CRUTCHFIELD: Tarver initially⁸ watches like a coach trying to figure out what needs a tweak. But Price's expression and dance power make it hard not to be a fan.

TARVER: (Laughter) Love it. Loving it.

CRUTCHFIELD: Morgan Price didn't originally plan to attend Fisk, though. As one of the top recruits⁹, Price had a signing day at school where she declared her intent¹⁰ to go to Arkansas University on scholarship. But she passed on that to make her childhood dream of being on an HBCU gymnastics team come true.

PRICE: African American people weren't allowed to go to the same schools as white people or other people. So it's just really amazing that we have kind of, like, specific schools made for us to show our culture and to just bond with people that look like you.

CRUTCHFIELD: The team members are still getting to know each other, but over the next five years, the plan is to make NCAA regionals.

For NPR News, I'm Ambriehl Crutchfield in Nashville.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 gearing   

n.传动装置

参考例句：

• The Department is gearing up for increased intake of students. 这个系正在为扩大招生做好准备。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• However perhaps the biggest change is to gearing. 当然最大的改动也许是生产效率模式(gearing)。 来自互联网

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 excelled   

优于，擅长( excel的过去式和过去分词 )； 胜过平时

参考例句：

• She has always excelled in foreign languages. 她的外语从来都是出类拔萃。
• Solomon excelled in wisdom. 所罗门智慧过人。

5 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

6 mime   

n.指手画脚，做手势，哑剧演员，哑剧；vi./vt.指手画脚的表演，用哑剧的形式表演

参考例句：

• Several French mime artists will give some lectures this afternoon.几位法国哑剧表演艺术家将在今天下午做几场讲座。
• I couldn't speak Chinese,but I showed in mime that I wanted a drink.我不会讲汉语，但我作摹拟动作表示要一杯饮料。

7 choreographer   

n.编舞者

参考例句：

• She is a leading professional belly dancer, choreographer, and teacher. 她既是杰出的专业肚皮舞演员，也是舞蹈设计者和老师。 来自辞典例句
• It'stands aside, my choreographer of grace, and blesses each finger and toe. 它站在一旁，我优雅的舞蹈指导，并祝福每个指尖与脚尖。 来自互联网

8 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

9 recruits   

新兵( recruit的名词复数 )； （机构中的）新成员； 就业； 人才开发

参考例句：

• A corps of doctors arrived to inoculate the recruits. 一队医生来给新兵打防疫针。
• The recruits are exercised every day in the art of self-defence. 新兵每天训练自卫技能。

10 intent   

adj.急切的，专心的，专注的；n.意图，意向

参考例句：

• He was intent on the job he was doing.他专心致志于正在做的工作。
• His plan is incompatible with my intent.他的计划与我的意图不相符。