WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University swimming and diving teams are set to compete in the 20^th annual Ted Mullin "Leave it in the Pool" Hour of Power Relay for Pediatric Sarcoma Research on Tuesday, November 11^th at the Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center (CYC).

The 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 has grown from 15 teams in its first year to average more than 165 teams and more than 8,000 athletes in recent years. Participating swim teams engage in continuous relays of any stroke for a full hour of all-out swimming.

Over the first 19 years, participating teams have raised more than $1.7 million to support research at the University of Chicago into the causes and treatment of sarcoma.

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 to five Hour of Power 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.


To learn more about the Ted Mullin Fund and learn more, click here.