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...last year's spring banquet, alpine captain Bob Kelley announced to the ski team that he was passing on a ball and chain to his successor, Tim Hofer. Being captain of an athletic squad at Harvard is considered an honor in any sport and skiing is no exception, but heading the ski team carries more responsibility to teammates and more headaches than the captainship of any other squad...
...manager. Fundraising, an enormous responsibility given the costs of transporting the team and recent cuts in its budget, involves sending letters to the 400 to 450 former members of the ski team and to the parents of current skiers. "These alumni aren't rich for the most part," Hofer said this week. "A lot of them came to Harvard from New Hampshire and Vermont and they won't make a lot of money if they go back there to live. Also, if they played other sports while they were here, it's difficult to compete with that, especially now with...
...captain's second major duty is managing the budget. "We decide when, where and how to spend the budget," Hofer says, adding "We're probably more involved with this than any other team...
These efforts, however, were not nearly enought to offset the poorest performances of the year by the Alpiners. According to Alpine captain Tim Hofer, the races were held on the toughest trail the team had raced on all year. "It's the type of hill where team skiing comes into play. A lot of guys aren't used to that," he said...
...hassles of carpooling and fundraising are forgotten when the skiers take off for weekend carnivals. "It's meant more to me than anything I've done at Harvard," Hofer said...