By Matt Bradshaw —
For U of L students, winter break was an opportunity to kick back from the books and spend time relaxing. For Cardinal swimmers, it was a time to travel nearly 7,500 miles across the globe to compete with the best of the best.
Both current and former student-athletes swam at the Short Course Wold Championships last month in Hangzhou, China. The Cards represented not only the United States but also their native countries of El Salvador, Venezuela and Russia.
Sophomore Zach Harting and senior Mallory Comerford swam for the U.