The Pacific men's and women's swim teams continued a yearly tradition on the morning of November 10th as they participated in the "Leave it in the Pool" Hour of Power Relay an annual event in memorial of Ted Mullin to raise awareness for sarcoma. The event features collegiate, high school, and club swims participating each year and started by the Carleton College swimming and diving teams. 

"I'm thrilled our team can participate again this year in the Hour of Power. Last year over 170 teams participated, and we continue to honor of the tradition of the Hour of Power and honoring Ted Mullin and bring awareness to the fight against sarcoma. I used to coach in the MYAC home of Carleton College, and I think this is a really powerful and meaningful event, and our team loves it," said Head swimming coach Beth Whittle on Hour of Power event.  

The Hour of Power event honors those who are fighting or have succumbed to cancer, including former Carleton swimmer Edward H. "Ted" Mullin, who passed away from synovial sarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer, in September 2006.  The annual swim relay, which now includes dry land teams as well, has grown from 15 teams in its first year to over 170 teams and more than 7,100 athletes across the nation and the world in recent years. Participating swim teams engage in continuous relays of any stroke for a full hour of all-out swimming. Dry land teams engage in their particular sport non-stop for a full hour.
 
Over the past 14 years, participating teams have raised over $850,000 for the Ted Mullin Fund to support research at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital into the causes and treatment of sarcoma and other rare pediatric cancers. To donate – click here.
 
The funds have been used for a variety of projects that evaluate the genetic basis of sarcomas, the identification of novel markers of disease diagnosis or progression, and the development of new small molecule and cell therapies for resistant disease.  Each summer, the University also hosts Ted Mullin Fund scholars, offering four Hour of Power collegiate participants an opportunity to advance their interest in science and cancer biology by spending 10 weeks in a laboratory under the mentorship of a pediatric cancer researcher within the Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of Chicago Medicine.