Excerpt by David Rieder, originally published at SwimmingWorld.TV PHOENIX, Arizona, November 29. TODAY at the Eindhoven Cup in the Netherlands, American Randall Bal swam a 24.81 in the 50 back

TORONTO, Canada, November 28. THE second evening of short course meter swimming at the Canada Cup featured two meet records going into the books. Brent Hayden cleared the meet record

CASTELLON, Spain, November 28. THE final session of the third day of swimming featured a sprinkling of Spanish records at the Spanish Short Course Championships held in Castellon. Erika Villaecija

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, November 28. THE third night of swimming at the Swedish Short Course Championships produced three national records including a pair of individual marks. Stefan Nystrand and Jakob Dorch

GORZOW WIELKOPOLSKI, Poland, November 28. POLISH records kept on falling at the Polish Short Course Championships during the third day of competition. Aleksandra Urbanczyk lowered her own national record in

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, November 28. THE sprint shootouts took place during the second day of long course meter swimming at the Eindhoven Cup. Ranomi Kromowidjojo beat Anja van der Hout,

TORONTO, Canada, November 27. THE first night of short course meter swimming at the Canada Cup produced a meet record in distance freestyle swimming. Ryan Cochrane cleared the meet record

CASTELLON, Spain, November 27. THE second day of swimming at the Spanish Short Course Championships produced a national record in the women's 400 free. Melanie Costa Schmid smashed the national