OMAHA, Neb. — Wow, that kid from suburban Baltimore is something.

No, we're not talking about Michael Phelps.

Katie Hoff, 19, stole the show at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, winning two events about 45 minutes apart last night — and setting American records in both.

Phelps reached the halfway point to setting his Beijing Games program, earning his third individual title of the trials in the 200-meter butterfly after also locking up a spot in at least one relay. The 23-year-old is on pace in his bid for eight wins in China to break Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record of seven golds.

And Hoff might be just as busy as her former teammate at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club.

She added the 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley to her growing list of trials wins — rallying to beat Natalie Coughlin in the second of those, no less.

"I'm in great shape," Hoff said after pulling off swimming's version of the daily double. "I've trained to swim a lot of events in one night. I'm glad my training pulled through."

Hoff already won the 400 IM and 400 free, and her triumph in the 200 free assured a spot in the 800 free relay. She's still got two more events to go, the 100 and 800 free, and a top four in the shorter race would get her on at least one more relay team.

For those who don't have a calculator handy, that's eight races — likely as many as Phelps, who treats her like a little sister but might have to share some of his glaring Olympic spotlight.

In the 200 IM, Coughlin jumped way ahead on the butterfly and backstroke legs, but Hoff rallied on the breaststroke and freestyle to win in 2:09.71, improving on Coughlin's American record of 2:09.77 set less than a month ago.

Making the win even more impressive: Hoff already had won the 200 freestyle in 1:55.88, beating her own U.S. record of 1:56.08 in that event.

"She's a stud for doing the 200 free-200 IM double," Coughlin said. "That's an incredibly tough double, and I don't know of another female swimmer who could do it so successfully."

For the first time in four days, there were no world records at the trials. Six were set through the first three days of the meet.

Phelps looked a bit dejected after just missing his world record in the 200 fly, but not to worry. The most important races are about a month away.

Phelps pulled away after the final flip to win in 1:52.20 — just 11-hundredths over the mark of 1:52.09 he set while winning seven gold medals at last year's world championships.

"My butterfly has felt better this year than it ever has," Phelps said. "I'm not sure if I was too conservative going out. I secured a spot on the team, and that's the most important thing."

Phelps was already on the team, of course. He was merely adding to the 400 IM and 200 free wins, the latter assuring him of a spot on the 800 free relay.

BOXING

YANEZ APPEALS REMOVAL

Light flyweight Luis Yanez will fight his removal from the U.S. Olympic team after requesting a hearing next week to appeal USA Boxing's decision.

Yanez, a 106-pound fighter from the Dallas area, was kicked off the team Monday after he skipped three weeks of workouts in Colorado Springs during June without telling the coaching staff where he was, coach Dan Campbell said.

Yanez, who also missed a training trip to Argentina during his absence, later said he was in Texas to support his sister while she underwent medical treatment. Campbell said the U.S. coaching staff couldn't reach Yanez despite repeatedly demanding his return to training camp.

TENNIS

FEDERER, IVANOVIC ARE IN

Roger Federer and 16 of the other top 20 men and Ana Ivanovic and 17 other top 20 women have entered next month's Beijing Olympics tournament, to be held Aug. 10 to 17.

The International Tennis Federation used the ATP and WTA rankings as a guide to determine who gets the 56 direct spots in the men's and women's singles competitions. Six of the remaining eight spots in each tournament were given out by the ITF's Olympic Committee.

Each country, however, was limited to a maximum of six players in each tournament, with up to four competing in singles and up to two teams in doubles.

CHINA

IOC TOUGHENS TESTING

The International Olympic Committee said yesterday its drug-testing program at the Beijing Olympics will be the most rigorous anti-doping effort in sports history.

The IOC plans to conduct 4,500 tests in Beijing, up from 3,600 in Athens four years ago and 90 percent more than in Sydney in 2000.

The IOC will also ask Chinese police and security officers to act against suspected doping suppliers before and during the Aug. 8 to 24 Games.