"Hour of Power" Relay at Knox College
The swimmers at Knox College will be participating in the fourth annual Ted Mullin "Leave it in the Pool" Hour of Power Relay for Pediatric Sarcoma Research, sponsored by the Carleton College swimming and diving teams, set for Tuesday, November 10.

At Knox we will have to begin the relay at 5 p.m. due to sixth hour classes, so the Knox "Hour of Power" will run from 5-6 p.m. Our swimmers will enter the pool at 5 p.m. where they will be divided into four lanes. Each swimmer will swim all out for 30 seconds to two minutes, depending on the distance they are going and then handoff to the next swimmer.

If you would like to support our Knox College Prairie Fire swimmers in their effort to help, please contribute to The Ted Mullin Fund for Sarcoma Research.

To do so, please make checks payable to:
"The University of Chicago" and write "Ted Mullin Fund, Knox College" in the memo line.

Then, please mail checks to:
Jonathan Powers
Knox College Box K-61
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401

Head coach Jonathan Powers will then forward the money raised by Knox athletes to the University of Chicago.

Whether you come out to cheer them on or donate, the Prairie Fire swimmers thank you for your support!

"Hour of Power" Relay Across the Nation
The Prairie Fire team joins with approximately 5,900 athletes from 119 college, high school, and club teams across the nation-as well as students-abroad teams-to participate in the "Hour of Power," honoring 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.

As of October 30, 2009, a total of 96 college swimming programs encompassing 33 different conferences and one independent have signed up to take part in this year's event. The event encompasses programs from NCAA Division I, II and III. Additionally, 23 club, high-school and students-abroad teams will participate.

The event-held in each team's home pool-is a one-hour, all-out, leave-it-in-the-pool practice consisting of continuous relays, using any stroke. Wherever possible participating teams begin and finish the "Hour of Power" workout at the same time, using their respective and corresponding time zones from the East Coast to the West Coast. This means thousands of swimmers will be in the water at the same time in support of the battle against cancer. Although some teams are forced to schedule their event at another time due to various conflicts, the official start time is set for 4 p.m., Central Standard Time on November 10.

First held on November 7, 2006, the "Hour of Power" Relay has grown from 15 teams the first year to the current 119 teams with 5,900 student-athletes on four continents in 2009.

All teams are invited to get involved in the "Hour of Power" whether or not they decide to raise funds. Since the event began three years ago, participants raised more than $112,000 for the Ted Mullin Fund for Pediatric Sarcoma Research at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital where Ted received treatment. The "Hour of Power" also aims to promote team spirit and to generate awareness of sarcoma, a rare cancer that disproportionately affects adolescents and young adults.

Funds raised during the event act as seed funding for the University of Chicago pediatric sarcoma research program, allowing collaborative efforts between clinicians and physician-scientists in the identification of the causes of sarcoma, at the most basic molecular and cellular levels. With a team of dedicated pediatric oncologists, orthopedists, and radiation therapists in place, the Ted Mullin Fund enabled the University of Chicago to recruit Stephen X. Skapek, M.D., an expert in the study and treatment of sarcomas. Dr. Skapek and team are working in the lab to translate new scientific discoveries into improved therapies for sarcoma patients like Ted Mullin.

Other Participating Teams in 2009 (as of October 30, 2009)
Colleges & Universities by Conference:
ACC: Georgia Tech
Big East: Georgetown, Providence, Villanova
Bluegrass Mountain: Johns Hopkins
CAC: U of Mary Washington, Salisbury
CCC: U. of New England, Regis (MA)
CCIW: Carthage, Illinois Wesleyan
CCSA: Radford
Centennial: McDaniel
Empire 8: Hartwick, Nazareth, Stevens Inst. of Tech., Utica
GNAC: Elms, Norwich, Simmons
IIAC: Luther
Independent: Chapman
Ivy League: U of Pennsylvania, Princeton
Liberty League: Rensselaer Polytechnic, St. Lawrence, Union (NY)
Little East: Keene State College, Western Connecticut State
MAC: Lycoming
MIAA: Albion
MIAC: Augsburg, Carleton, Gustavus Adolphus, Hamline, Macalester, Saint Benedict, St. Catherine, Saint Mary's (MN), St. Olaf, U. of St. Thomas (MN)
Midwest: Beloit, Grinnell, Knox, Lawrence
NCAC: Allegheny, Oberlin, Wabash, Wittenberg, Wooster
NEAC: Wells
NESCAC: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity (CT), Tufts, Wesleyan (CT), Williams
NEWMAC: Babson, Clark (MA), MIT, Mount Holyoke, Springfield, Wellesley, Wheaton (MA), Worcester Polytechnic
Northeast 10: Bentley
Northwest: Lewis & Clark, U. of Puget Sound, Whitman, Whitworth
OAC: Baldwin-Wallace, Ohio Northern, Wilmington
ODAC: Randolph-Macon
ODAC/Bluegrass Mountain: Washington & Lee
Patriot League: Bucknell
SCAC: Colorado College
SCIAC: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, U. of LaVerne, Occidental, Whittier
SUNYAC: SUNY-Cortland, SUNY-Fredonia, SUNY-Oswego
UAA: Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, U. of Chicago
WIAC: U of Wisc.-Stevens Point

Students Abroad: Namibian Amphibians (Windhoek, Namibia), Swimming Thunder from Down Under 2009 (Townsville, Australia), U. Católica de Chile (Santiago, Chile)

High Schools: Culver Academies (Culver, IN), Decorah H.S. (Decorah, IA), Falls Church H.S. (Falls Church, VA), Glenbrook North H.S. (Northbrook, IL), Glenbrook South H.S. (Glenview, IL), Hill-Murray School (Maplewood, MN), J. S. Morton H.S. (Cicero, IL), Lake Forest H.S. (Lake Forest, IL), New Trier H.S. (Winnetka, IL), Wilmington H.S. (Wilmington, OH)

Clubs: Clinton County YMCA (Wilmington, OH); Lake Forest Swim Club (Lake Forest, IL); Little Rhody Aquatic Club (Cumberland, RI), Marquette Club Swim Team (Milwaukee, WI); Michigan Shores Club (Wilmette, IL); NASA/Wildcat Aquatics (Evanston, IL), New Trier Swim Club (Northfield, IL); Northfield Knightcrawlers Masters Swim Team (Northfield, MN), Rockford Marlins Swim Club (Rockford, IL); Soda Moms Water Polo Team (Lafayette, CA)