Last night, the Whitman Swim Team participated in the 8th annual Ted Mullen Hour of Power relay. One of hundreds of other college, club and high school teams across the country to participate in the event, Whitman is is proud to be part of the event every year. The event consists of an hour-long relay race in which each team is required to stay on the same 50 throughout.
Carleton College started the event after Ted Mullen, a Carleton swimmer, passed away after a battle with Sarcoma cancer. Andy Clark, the head coach at Carleton and a Whitman alum was on campus back in 2011 for a reunion weekend during which he met with the team to discuss the event's importance and the legacy left by Ted Mullen.
At Whitman, and at other college campus all across the country, mid-November is stress-filled and hectic. Students are registering for next semester's classes, Fall semester classes are piling on the tests, papers, and group assignments, add in morning practices and away meets and this time of year can start to feel totally unrelenting. Fortunately, it's not. Taking an hour in the middle of the week to celebrate our health and our good fortune and the privilege of being students and athletes at such a remarkable institution is exactly what we needed.
We were back to the grind this morning at 6am but the celebration and the brief respite from the month's busy schedule were not forgotten. Though no one was exactly refreshed this morning, moral was good and we're excited for some great home meets this weekend!
We take on Lewis & Clark on Friday at 6pm and Pacific University at 1pm on Saturday. Pacific's women's team is coming off a big win against the University of Puget Sound last weekend. It's sure to be an exciting meet!
