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OU Gymnastics: Oklahoma's Faith Torrez Lands SEC Award

Torrez landed a perfect 10 and helped power the Sooners to two victories over ranked squads last week to bring home her third Southeastern Conference honor.

John E. Hoover

Oklahoma gymnast Faith Torrez
Oklahoma gymnast Faith Torrez / SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

By OU Media Relations

NORMAN – With a career-high 39.775 in the all-around and a perfect 10 on floor over the weekend, junior Faith Torrez claimed her third SEC Gymnast of the Week honor.

Five Sooners have now claimed a total of eight weekly honors to lead the league. Oklahoma’s five gymnast of the week accolades are the most of any school.

Torrez helped lead the Sooners to their first 198 of the season and a victory over a top five opponent in Friday’s 198.075 victory over No. 5 Florida before leading OU to another 198 against No. 24 North Carolina at the Metroplex Challenge on Sunday. Torrez’s strong performances moved her to No. 2 in the nation in the all-around, No. 1 on vault, No. 2 on beam and No. 3 on floor. She is the only SEC athlete to be ranked in the top five on three different events and in the all-around. 

Torrez recorded the highest all-around score in the SEC this season and second highest in the nation, earning a 39.775 against Florida to tie her career high. Her perfect 10 on floor led the Sooners to a season-high 39.775 on the event and pushed them to No. 1 in the nation on the event as a team. Torrez now has two perfect 10s in her career, both coming on floor. Along with her all-around and floor titles, she also claimed vault with a 9.95 and beam with a 9.925 and placed second on bars with a 9.90.

At the Metroplex Challenge, Torrez earned her fifth event title of the weekend earning a near-perfect 9.975 on beam. She added a 9.925 on floor, her seventh straight mark of 9.9 or higher on the event this season.

Torrez and the Sooners are back in action on Friday night at No. 11 Auburn. The meet is set for a 6:45 p.m. CT start on SEC Network+.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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