Torres, Vanderkaay claim final wins

Dara Torres and Peter Vanderkaay captured the final two events at the US swimming trials in Nebraska on Sunday to join an American swim team that immediately turned its focus to the Beijing Olympics.

After being introduced to a raucous crowd at the Qwest Centre, the 41 members of the US team returned to their hotels, packed their bags for a two-week training camp in Stanford which will be followed by a move to their pre-Olympic training base in Singapore on July 24.

Torres, a 41-year-old mother who secured a spot on her fifth Olympic team with a victory in the 100 metres free on Friday, completed the sprint double, thundering to the wall first in the 50 metres freestyle in an American record 24.25.

"I'm happy with my time but I have more work to do," said Torres.

"I'm looking forward to getting back into the hard work, five weeks is not a lot of time."

Vanderkaay will also be one of the busiest American swimmers in Beijing, adding to his heavy workload with a victory in the final event of the eight-day meet, the 1,500 freestyle.

Having already earned Olympic spots with runner-up finishes in the 200 and 400 freestyle, Vanderkaay added swimming's longest event to his programme, clocking 14:45.54 to become the fourth fastest man ever in the event.

The US team will be spearheaded by Michael Phelps. After seven days, 15 swims and two world records, Phelps crafted an Olympic schedule that will provide the 23-year-old with just enough ammunition to attack Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Summer Games.