ST. PAUL, Minn. - CSP swim kicked off the week by participating in the 17th Annual Ted Mullin "Hour of Power" Relay for Sarcoma Research on Thursday morning. The Golden Bears will conclude the week with a double-dual against Minnesota State-Moorhead and Jamestown (N.D.) in the MSU Moorhead Meet on Saturday.
 
The meet will be hosted by the Minnesota State-Moorhead Dragons at Nemzek Pool on the campus of MSUM at 3 p.m.
 
"This weekend's double-dual against MSU-Moorhead and the University of Jamestown will provide exciting competition for all of our programs," head coach Rachel Busch stated. "All three teams are less than 15 athletes, which will provide for a more even matchup than what we typically see throughout the season."
 
"We are excited to hit the road on Saturday and race," Busch concluded.
 
ABOUT THE 17th ANNUAL "HOUR OF POWER" RELAY 
On November 10, 2022, CSP swim joined thousands of athletes from collegiate, high school, and club teams across the nation and abroad to celebrate the 17th Annual Ted Mullin "Leave it in the Pool" Hour of Power Relay for Sarcoma Research, sponsored by Carleton College swimming and diving teams.
 
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 dryland teams as well, has grown from 15 teams in its first year to well over 100 teams and thousands of 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. Dryland teams engage in their particular sport non-stop for a full hour.
 
In the event's first 16 years, participating teams have raised $970,000 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. From all sources, the Ted Mullin Fund has now raised more than $1.5 million.
 
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. It has also supported the addition of sarcoma to an international pediatric clinical cancer database to facilitate research. 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 physician/researcher within the Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of Chicago Medicine.
 
As of the morning of November 8, 2022, 133 teams including an estimated 5,600 athletes have registered for the 2022-23 Ted Mullin Hour of Power Relay.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Golden Bears swim and dive program made history by hosting its first swim and dive meet at the Two Rivers Aquatic Center against Minnesota State and Southwest Minnesota State.
 
CSP swim started the meet strong with a new school record in the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:56.03. The team consisted of Chloe Rihon, Charly Horn, Hannah Hartlage and Emma Granovsky.
 
Farida Maher collected three first-place finishes at the meet. The sophomore won the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 10:56.13, the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 53.21 and the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:21.81.
 
Rihon collected a pair of second-place finishes. The freshman set new school records in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.08, the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:12.32 and in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:16.19 
 
HISTORY AGAINST MSUM
Saturday's double-dual will mark the first-ever meeting between the Golden Bears and the Dragons in a dual setting. The two teams last met at the NSIC Conference Championship last season, where the Dragons outscored the Golden Bears 263-to-89.
 
HISTORY AGAINST UJ
Saturday's swim meet will mark the second meeting dating back to December 11, 2021, between the Golden Bears and the Knights. UJ holds a 1-0 record over the Golden Bears after their 119-62 victory last season. Horn and Maher were both able to capture gold at that meet.