Sporting their "Cancer Sucks" swim caps, the Wooster swim teams took part in an "Hour of Power" relay to help raise awareness and money for sarcoma research.

On Nov. 11, The College of Wooster's men's and women's swimming and diving teams joined thousands of other student-athletes from collegiate, high school, and club teams across the nation in the ninth annual Ted Mullin Hour of Power Relay for Sarcoma Research.

The event honors those who are fighting or have succumbed to cancer, including former Carleton College swimmer Edward H. "Ted" Mullin, who passed away from synovial sarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer, in Sept. 2006. The annual swim relay, which now includes dryland teams as well, has grown from 15 teams in its first year to over 160 in recent years. Participating teams engage in continuous relays of any stroke for a full hour of all-out swimming. Dryland teams engage in their particular sport non-stop for a full hour.

The all-out 60-minute relay is a challenging workout that fuels team spirit and fosters cooperation among team members. The event aims to generate awareness of sarcoma, a rare cancer that disproportionately affects adolescents and young adults.

Over the first eight years, participating teams have raised almost $500,000 to support research at the University of Chicago into the causes and treatment of sarcoma.