Barton College Becomes 50th Institution to Sponsor Acrobatics & Tumbling
11/9/2022 5:55:00 PM | Acrobatics & Tumbling
WILSON, N.C. – Barton College is adding acrobatics and tumbling as the College's 24th intercollegiate sport, President Dr. Douglas N. Searcy and Director of Athletics Todd Wilkinson have announced.
Former Baylor University Acro and Tumbling National Champion Alexis Florence Fowlkes has been named the inaugural head coach. Barton College will welcome the first acrobatics and tumbling team members to campus in the Fall of 2023. The Bulldogs' first competition will occur in early 2024.
The new program will compete under National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) affiliation. Barton will be the 50th NCAA member institution to sponsor Acrobatics & Tumbling, joining NCAA founding member Quinnipiac University and 48 others.
Acrobatics & Tumbling, an NCAA Emerging Sport for women, competes during the spring athletic season. It will become Barton's 12th NCAA sponsored sport for women. Acro is governed nationally by the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA).
Acrobatics & tumbling is the evolution of different forms of gymnastics. The sport involves tumbling, tosses, acrobatic lifts, and pyramids. Young women are primarily recruited from the various disciplines of gymnastics and cheerleading to participate in acrobatics & tumbling, as well as multi-sport athletes, divers, and weightlifters. The Bulldogs will become the 50th collegiate program nationwide to add acrobatics & tumbling.
The NCATA is comprised of members across NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, with now 48 sponsoring programs nationwide. Conference Carolinas and the Mountain East Conference are the only NCAA conferences to presently sponsor the sport of acrobatics & tumbling. It was adopted as a NCAA emerging sport in all three divisions effective August 1, 2020.
Teams compete in meets from February to April to determine seeding for the NCATA National Championships.
Barton College Release: https://bartonbulldogs.com/news/2022/11/8/general-barton-college-announces-the-addition-of-acrobatics-and-tumbling-for-fall-2023.aspx
NCATA release: https://thencata.org/news/2022/11/8/barton-college-announces-the-addition-of-acrobatics-tumbling-becomes-50th-ncata-program.aspx
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Former Baylor University Acro and Tumbling National Champion Alexis Florence Fowlkes has been named the inaugural head coach. Barton College will welcome the first acrobatics and tumbling team members to campus in the Fall of 2023. The Bulldogs' first competition will occur in early 2024.
The new program will compete under National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) affiliation. Barton will be the 50th NCAA member institution to sponsor Acrobatics & Tumbling, joining NCAA founding member Quinnipiac University and 48 others.
Barton College Announces the Addition of Acrobatics & Tumbling, Becomes 50th NCATA Program #ncata22 https://t.co/MBZEu3ZB67
— NCATA (@theNCATA) November 8, 2022
Acrobatics & Tumbling, an NCAA Emerging Sport for women, competes during the spring athletic season. It will become Barton's 12th NCAA sponsored sport for women. Acro is governed nationally by the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA).
Acrobatics & tumbling is the evolution of different forms of gymnastics. The sport involves tumbling, tosses, acrobatic lifts, and pyramids. Young women are primarily recruited from the various disciplines of gymnastics and cheerleading to participate in acrobatics & tumbling, as well as multi-sport athletes, divers, and weightlifters. The Bulldogs will become the 50th collegiate program nationwide to add acrobatics & tumbling.
The NCATA is comprised of members across NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, with now 48 sponsoring programs nationwide. Conference Carolinas and the Mountain East Conference are the only NCAA conferences to presently sponsor the sport of acrobatics & tumbling. It was adopted as a NCAA emerging sport in all three divisions effective August 1, 2020.
Teams compete in meets from February to April to determine seeding for the NCATA National Championships.
Barton College Release: https://bartonbulldogs.com/news/2022/11/8/general-barton-college-announces-the-addition-of-acrobatics-and-tumbling-for-fall-2023.aspx
NCATA release: https://thencata.org/news/2022/11/8/barton-college-announces-the-addition-of-acrobatics-tumbling-becomes-50th-ncata-program.aspx
FOLLOW US
To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Quinnipiac acrobatics & tumbling, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @QU_AcroTumbling.
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