The unheralded enjoyed the spotlight at the US Olympic swim trials on Tuesday but it is back to the shadows as Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky prepare to take centre stage.
Newcomers Townley Haas, Olivia Smoliga, Lilly King and Ryan Murphy all qualified for the Rio Games at the expense of some familiar names on a wild night in Nebraska.
But business as usual is expected on Wednesday with Phelps gunning for a fifth Olympic team berth and Ledecky in blistering form.
Phelps signalled on Tuesday he was ready for Rio with two controlled, dominating swims in the 200m butterfly - the event he won in Athens and Beijing but surrendered to Chad le Clos in 2012 in London.
"I don't even know half of them," said Phelps about all the new potential teammates. "I think it's good for the sport.
"I think that's a good thing to see as I'm on my way out."
Gold medal winners Jessica Hardy, Missy Franklin, Matt Grevers, Natalie Coughlin and Ryan Lochte were all left in the wake of the newcomers on Tuesday.
Ledecky will not be too concerned, still being a teenager and the dominant force in women's swimming.
The 19-year-old secured her Olympic spot in the 400m free with the third fastest swim in the event and expected on Wednesday to add the 200m free for Rio.
"We've worked a lot on my turns and those are feeling really good, both going in and coming out," said Ledecky. "Keep those the same and swim a little harder, I think it will be good tomorrow."
New-name Haas, 19, at his first trials, claimed the 200m freestyle edging Conor Dwyer by 1/100th of a second to claim his Rio spot, while 19-year-old King won the 100m breaststroke with the fastest time of the year - one minute, 5.20 seconds.
Smoliga landed a squad berth in the 100m backstroke, taking down two American swimming giants in 2012 Olympic 100m backstroke gold medallist Franklin and Coughlin, bidding to become the single most-decorated US female Olympian.
Murphy is also heading to his first Olympics, taking out the 100m backstroke.
Olympic gold medal winners Hardy, Grevers and Lochte were also left to ponder where it all went wrong.
For injured Lochte, the 11-time Olympic medal winner was denied a spot in an individual event for the second time in three days. But, after injuring his groin in Sunday's opening race, a fourth place finish in the 200m free was enough to get him into the Rio relay pool.
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