American teenager Morgan Hurd captured the women’s all-around title on Friday night at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium in her senior world championships debut.

The 16-year-old from Middletown, Delaware, finished with a score of 55.232, one tenth of a point in front of Canada’s Ellie Black (55.132), who took silver. Elena Eremina of Russia won the bronze (54.799).

The surprise win by Hurd, who was fortunate to even make the US team after a sixth-place finish in the all-around at nationals in August, makes it seven straight all-around titles for the United States at Olympics and worlds.

Hurd entered the final rotation, floor exercise, two tenths of a point behind Black and delivered a strong performance, save for stepping out of bounds on her third tumbling pass, to pass the hometown favorite for first.

Black, competing second to last, failed to pass Hurd, leaving it to Japan’s Mai Murakami, who finished first in the all-around qualifying. Murakami needed a 14.767 for first but managed only 14.233 to give Hurd the title.

Hurd’s team-mate Ragan Smith, an alternate on last year’s Olympic team, had started the night as the top contender for the title, but was forced to withdraw from the competition after suffering an ankle injury during warm-ups.

Hurd has a chance to add to her maiden haul on Sunday when she is scheduled to compete in the balance beam final.