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Thursday, 19 November 2009 |
 Ski team vice president and junior business major H. Ben McCracken races at Bryce Resort in Bayse, Va. Photo by Tommy Penick
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by BRYAN LAIL
Intern Sports Reporter
As exciting as the prospect of speeding downhill at a frenzied pace, zipping around obstacles and opponents may be, there is more work than fun involved right now for one of Appalachian State’s most expensive club sports.
Appalachian’s club ski team is gearing up for another season of slope racing as they await the year’s first winter snow.
But before that snow hits, the team hopes to have a good start financially through vigorous ongoing fundraising efforts.
With a race
scheduled almost every weekend once the season opens, including
possible trips to conference championships at the end of the year,
money can get tight in a hurry.
An
unfortunate example of that came two seasons ago when one member of the
team qualified for national competition. While it was an exciting honor
for ASU club skiing, a feat they had not managed in over a decade, it
was also a huge disappointment.
Due to financial constraints that year, the team could not afford to send their qualified member to the national event.
“It’s
really tough with all the racing and traveling that we do, but our
members go out and get sponsors in Boone and their hometowns or even
end up paying out of their Christmas money,” team president and senior
biology major Ashley E. Auman said. “We just ask that members raise as
much money as they can, but it is tough.”
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