Omaha, NE (My Sportsbook) - Dara Torres clinched a spot in her fifth Summer Games by winning the 100-meter freestyle on what was a record night for Michael Phelps and Aaron Peirsol Friday at the U.S. Olympic Swimming trials.

The 41-year-old Torres, the oldest active U.S. swimming Olympic gold medalist, won in a time of 53.78 seconds, barely ahead of American record-holder Natalie Coughlin (53.83).

It's been an incredible Olympic run for Torres, winner of nine medals, starting with a relay gold in 1984 in her current home city of Los Angeles, and most recently capturing four medals in 2000 -- this after coming out of a seven-year retirement.

The song "American Woman" blared over the public address system the second the race was over, with Torres getting out of the pool in celebratory fashion.

"I'm ecstatic, I can't believe it," Torres said. "It's sort of bittersweet for me because I made my fifth Olympic team, but I'm going to be away from my daughter for a month and that's going to be real hard emotionally. I'm happy I'm going to Beijing."

Phelps continued to set the swimming world on fire by breaking the world record in winning the 200-meter individual medley. Phelps finished in a time of 1 minute, 54.80 seconds, topping his old previous record (1:54.98) from last year in Australia. Ryan Lochte was second at 1:55.22.

Less than a half-hour before that, Peirsol tied Lochte's world record the men's 200-meter backstroke as the duo finished 1-2 in the final. Peirsol finished in a time of 1 minute, 54.32 seconds, just ahead of Lochte (1:54.34) and Tyler Clary 1:57.35.

Rebecca Soni won the 200-meter breaststroke in a time of 2 minutes, 22.60 seconds to make her first Olympics. Amanda Beard, the gold medalist at this event at the 2004 Summer Games, made her fourth Olympic team by finishing second in 2:25.13.

Phelps also had the top time in the semifinals of the 100-meter butterfly at 51.10 seconds. Ian Crocker was second, winning his heat in 51.52 seconds. The final is Saturday.

Cullen Jones continued his quest to become the second African-American swimmer to qualify for the Olympics in an individual event by finishing with the second-best time in the 50-meter freestyle.

Jones had a mark of 21.71 seconds, behind only Ben Tobriner-Wildman (21.65). Earlier in the day, Jones broke the American record with a time of 21.59 seconds.

Gary Hall Jr., who held the old mark at 21.76, also made it to Saturday's final with a time of 21.94 seconds. Hall is attempting to make his fourth Olympics and is the two-time defending champion in the event at the Summer Games.

Garrett Weber-Gale, the winner of Thursday night's 100-meter freestyle final, had the third-best time in the semis at 21.83 seconds. The final is Saturday.

Elizabeth Beisel had the top qualifying time from the semifinals in the 200- meter backstroke at 2 minutes, 7.78 seconds. Hayley McGregory was second (2:08.28), followed by Margaret Hoelzer, the American record-holder, at 2:09.04.