Her talent was recognized by her teachers but she often trained on a limited budget, doing jumps on rice husks rather than a proper sand pit.

[citation needed] On April 7, 2016, Torres-Sunang, who came from maternity with the help of her coach and sponsor James Michael Lafferty and nutritionist-wife Carol Lafferty, won the gold medal in the women's long jump event of the 2016 Ayala-PATAFA Philippine National Open Invitationals held at the Philsports Arena.

[5] However, the slot was junked after the inclusion of marathon runner Mary Joy Tabal in the Rio-bound Philippine delegation.

This would be the third straight and the final Olympic appearance for the Filipina long jumper, who is the most senior member of the national contingent.

[7][8] She is married to a fellow Filipino athlete, shot putter Eliezer Sunang with who she has a son.