Swimming superstar Michael Phelps made history again Wednesday night. At the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb., Phelps qualified for a record fifth Olympic games. He's the first American male swimmer to do that.But Phelps is one of the few veterans having success so far at the trials. That's because a batch of young, first-time Olympians is stealing the show.Youth Winning OutMany swimming fans have come to Omaha to cheer the familiar – Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin all are multiple Olympic medal winners. But as races finish and everyone looks to the jumbotron high above the pool in the CenturyLink Center, they're seeing relatively unfamiliar names with a "1" next to them. Names like Townley Haas, Kelsi Worrell and Ryan Murphy.Murphy won the men's 100-meter backstroke in a time of 52:26, a mere 32 hundredths of a second off the world record. Murphy is one of eight swimmers, so far, to win at the trials and qualify for their first Olympic team.The 20-year-old Murphy beat
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