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Faith Torrez of the Oklahoma Sooners won the NCAA All-Around National Championship, despite not performing a floor routine all year. She triumphed over top competitors, including Kailin Chio and Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - APRIL 16: Faith Torrez of the Oklahoma Sooners perfomrs her floor routine during the NCAA Gymnastics Semi-Final at Dickies Arena on April 16, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Aric Becker/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images)
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Oklahoma gymnast Faith Torrez hadnât done a floor routine all year. She hadnât vaulted since February 20. But on Thursday, April 16, Torrez did both to become the No. 1 collegiate gymnast in the nation.
In her first all-around competition of the 2026 NCAA season, the Oklahoma Gymnastics senior won the sportâs most coveted individual title. Torrez won the NCAA All-Around title over multiple top contenders, including top-ranked Kailin Chio (LSU) and Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles (UCLA).
The title is Torrezâs second individual national title, but her first in the all-around. With the win, she joins Oklahoma gymnastics icons Jordan Bowers, Anastasia Webb, and Maggie Nichols as all-around champions.
Thursdayâs final results werenât even close: Torrez earned a huge 39.7875 to place first, besting second-place Chio by nearly two tenths â a wide margin in gymnastics. Her results lifted Oklahoma to a staggering 198.300 total and an undeniable step towards the programâs eighth NCAA title.
âIf you [had] asked me two and a half weeks agoâŠIâd probably laugh at you," Torrez chuckled after the competition. The media room laughed in agreement. Few fans, athletes, or experts saw Torrez coming.
Torrezâs teammate, Addision Fatta, was long considered the Soonersâ best all-around threat in Fort Worth. However, after Fatta suffered a hand injury during training, Torrez rose to the occasion.
When her name appeared on all four events in lineups early Thursday afternoon, she quietly entered the all-around race. Even so, No. 1 Chio and No. 2 Chiles entered Thursdayâs semifinals as the favorites.
Heading into Fort Worth, Faith Torrez wasnât even in conversation for the all-around title. Once a reliable all-around threat for the Sooners as an underclassman, Torrez suffered an ankle injury early in the season, leading her coaches to stagnate the seniorâs return to vault and floor â the sportâs physically taxing "power events."
Torrez instead opted to compete bars and beam on every event throughout the 12-week regular season, ranking third in the nation on the latter. After posting her second perfect ten of the year on beam at the SEC Championships, Torrez approached her coach with a proposition: a return to the all-around.
Faith Torrez won the NCAA All-Around Championship by performing both her floor routine and vault, despite not having done either all year.
Torrez defeated top-ranked Kailin Chio from LSU and Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles from UCLA.
Faith Torrez competed for the NCAA All-Around title on April 16, 2026, during the NCAA Gymnastics Semi-Final in Fort Worth, Texas.
Torrez faced significant challenges, including not performing a floor routine all year and not vaulting since February 20.

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The Sooners had dropped the SEC title to Florida by a razor-thin margin, and the senior was hungry to give her program all she had in her final season.
â[Faith] defrosted herself,â K.J. Kindler remarked, reflecting that it was a âjoint decisionâ to help Torrez return to the floor. The process started with âbaby steps," Kindler says: simple layout timers into pits and tumbling on the softer track, limiting harsh pounding on the competition rod floor.
The SEC Championships concluded on Saturday, March 21. The Sooners hoped to compete in the national semifinals only 26 days later. The order was tall, but Kindler knew that Torrez possessed the necessary qualities to pull it off.
âShe is so talented,â Kindler gushed, comparing the senior to Sooner greats Maggie Nichols and Olivia Trautman. Nichols and Trautman were also renowned for rebounding from injuries to clinch national titles.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - APRIL 16: Faith Torrez of the Oklahoma Sooners perfomrs her floor routine during the NCAA Gymnastics Semi-Final at Dickies Arena on April 16, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Aric Becker/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images)
ISI Photos via Getty Images
Like Trautman and Nichols, Torrez isnât just talented â she possesses one of the most crucial gymnastics qualities: superb "air awareness.â This quality enabled Torrez to move from cushioned surfaces to the rod floor in record time.
Her unique talent and ability reached new heights on Thursday, with Torrez posting no score below a 9.9375 across the four events.
Heading into her floor routine, Torrez needed just north of a 9.8 to win the all-around title â a light lift for an athlete accustomed to 9.95s. Still, it was her first floor routine of the season.
Neither fact mattered.
Faith didnât know what she needed when she saluted the judges on Thursday, and she wasnât worried about her routine. âI was just excited to do floor,â she giggled.
Now, the newly minted NCAA All-Around Champion is âliving the dream."
On Saturday, Torrez takes to the floor for the final time in her career, looking to lead the Sooners to their eighth national title in twelve years.
The No. 1 Sooners will face tough and familiar SEC competition in No. 2 LSU and No. 3 Florida, but vow to keep their eyes peeled for another upset run from gymnasticsâ âCinderella team,â the No. 13 Minnesota Golden Gophers.
This article was originally published on Forbes.com