Swimming and Diving Participates in twentieth Annual Hour of Power

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Washington University in St. Louis swimming and diving groups participated within the 20^th Annual Hour of Power Relay for Sarcoma Research this week.

First held in 2006, the Ted Mullin “Hour of Power” Relay honors Carleton College Swimmer Ted Mullin who died within the fall of 2006 from sarcoma, a uncommon soft-tissue most cancers. In its first yr, 15 groups participated within the Hour of Power and it has blossomed into an occasion with greater than 7,000 individuals consisting of faculty, highschool, membership and masters groups.

Each group is requested to lift cash for the Ted Mullin Fund for Pediatric Sarcoma Research on the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital. Since its inception, individuals within the Hour of Power have raised over $1 million.

The Ted Mullin Fund helps analysis into novel chemotherapy/biology brokers, new methods to manage chemotherapy, methods to visualise extra precisely the tumor response within the affected person, novel genomics methods to establish high-risk sarcoma sufferers, molecular methods to personalize remedy to maximise profit whereas decreasing treatment-related toxicity and coverings for metastatic or resistant illness that use the affected person’s personal immune system to assault residential tumors.

For extra data, go to the Ted Mullin Fund website.

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Elevating scholar-champions requires assets past the institutional finances. Through the W Club, beneficiant alumni, mother and father, and buddies present unrestricted assist that’s important to the extraordinary WashU student-athlete expertise—and the continued development and improvement of the division. Annual assist for Athletics permits the Bears to persistently rise to nationwide ranges of competitors and ensures that our student-athletes get pleasure from distinctive alternatives as they prepare, compete, and lead. To make a present to the Annual Fund for Athletics, please go to our safe online giving form or contact the Athletics Advancement Office at athletics@wustl.edu.