GymACT Season 8 has begun!
- Breeze
- 6 hours ago
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Week 1 Recap
Week one of the 2026 GymACT season is in the books and the first two programs to etch their scores into the national rankings are North Carolina Airmen (272.50) and Temple Owls (289.90). The teams met at the Jerell Steele Invitational, in Glen Arbor, VA and it was a great competition.
As expected, Temple took home the ‘W’ demonstrating the experience of a ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR team history counts for a lot, even this early in the season. Keep an eye on the owls. They’re hungry!
Sure. Congrats on the win, but… let me shed some light on the importance of the Airmen’s second place finish. The bout with #Temple100 marks North Carolina’s first official team competition as a newly forged GymACT program. AWESOME!!! They brought GREAT gymnastics to the Henrico Sports and Events Center. The AIRMEN are here and now there is a STRONG men’s collegiate gymnastics presence in North Carolina. Let’s GOOOOOO!!!!
Ladies, gentlemen and gymrats all around: Season 8 of GymACT promises to be the most exciting yet! Up next: Winter Cup Qualifiers
And that’s how I see it from the rock in the middle of the ocean.
Breeze
Final Results for 2026 GymACT coaches poll:
1: Arizona State (204 points) (10 first place votes)
2: Minnesota (198 points) (3 first place votes)
3: Washington (162 points)
4: Indy-hio (157 points)
5: Bay Area Bandits (151 points)
6: Iowa (146 points)
7: Temple (135 points)
8: Rocky Mountain (114 points)
9: NY Alliance (91 points)
10: Northern Illinois (88 points)
11: Georgia United (80 points)
12: SC United (75 points)
13: Florida Storm (55 points)
14: North Carolina Airmen (52 points)
15: KC United (36 points)
16: Texas Armadillos (24 points)
Yeah, but what do the coaches know anyway? Which one do YOU choose?
0%Arizona
0%Minnesota
0%Washington
0%Hyenas
2026 GymACT Gymnast of the Week 1 Nominations
Gianni Capriotti - Temple
Freshman, Gianni Capriotti, truly set the tone as the lead off man for the Owls this season. As the first competitor he hit his floor set for a 13.2 and finished the day hitting 3/3, winning both floor and parallel bars! He successfully competed new "D" elements on both floor and parallel bars for the first time and competed like a true veteran.
Santino "Tino" Fort - North Carolina Airmen
Tino, a freshman at North Carolina A&T, kicked off his GymACT career this weekend with the NC Airmen. Going head to head with Temple, Tino won Rings, High Bar, and All Around.
GymACT on the big stage: in pursuit of a national team spot.
USA Gymnastics will be selecting the US National Team at the Winter Cup in February. There are currently 8 GymACT teams represented with registered gymnasts in the upcoming “qualifier” meets, each athlete vying for one of the 11 coveted remaining spots at the Winter Cup. If qualified, they will join the already prequalified athletes at the competition in February in Louisville, Kentucky to determine who will represent the USA at upcoming international meets. Good luck to all our GymACT athletes at the Winter Cup qualification meets!
@ West Point
Temple: Nate Davies
Minnesota: Ben Letvin
NC Airmen: Tino Fort
@ Rocky Mountain Open
Arizona: Elliot Foster, Izaiha Mlay, Hunter Flechsig and Mark Davis
Rocky Mountain Mavericks: Jackson Korowin and Evan McGrath
@Stanford Open
SCunited: Xavier Ang,Alex Trent,Marqus Miranda, Colin Kilian
Bandits: Will Pearce, Evan Hymanson, Joseph Conley and Finn Grenstam
@Ohio
Georgia: Aiden Whitehead, Alex Skomorokhov, Hezekiah Wallace, and Toby Liang