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...fastest skiers in the league. He’s just got to do it consistently. I think he could be top 10 pretty easily.” The Alpine team put forth fewer skiers than usual, as captain Matt Basilico and high-performing freshman Margie Thorp were both sidelined due to injuries. This coming weekend, the Crimson hopes to field a full team for the final races of the season at the Middlebury Carnival, which doubles as the EISA Eastern Championships. —Staff writer Kara T. Kelley can be reached at kkelley@fas.harvard.edu...
...leader. Although competition was stiff, Kinner’s teammates finished not far behind in the slalom. Freshman Brad Alvarez, sophomore Samuel Harrison, and freshman Alec Boardman landed spots 40, 41 and 42, respectively. On the women’s side of the Alpine races, freshman Margie Thorp came on strong, finishing first for Harvard in both events. Despite a fractured left hand, Thorp won 10 points for placing 38th in the slalom and another 15 for her 33rd place finish in the giant slalom. Captain Alexandra Teng contributed her share of points as well, landing 42nd in the slalom...
...alpine team was forced to compete with the absence of three skiers. Freshman Brad Alvarez sat out due to a shoulder injury he sustained during the Bates Winter Carnival, freshman Margie Thorp competed individually in another ski event, and sophomore Gabrielle Rubenstein was ineligible to race...
...We’ve been struggling with the weather for the past week or so,” Teng said. “The conditions have been really slick and not conducive to effective training.” However, the circumstances did not slow down the team. Freshman Margie Thorp finished 52nd in the giant slalom event. Freshman Brad Alvarez also completed in two giant slalom runs despite injuring his shoulder in training on Saturday. Kinner recorded the best finish for the team with 32nd place. In spite of the weather conditions and the temporal proximity of the carnival...
...Thorp, who at 74 no longer runs a hedge fund but still invests in a few, doesn't worry too much about a meltdown. "My opinion is that the most likely scenario is not a blowup but rather that hedge funds as a group will gradually and continuously lose their edge (if they haven't already) over other asset classes," he writes in an e-mail. "Then they will 'top out'--like mutual funds, real estate, etc.--and then just be a fluctuating fraction of total financial assets--part of the financial landscape...