The World Cup Organizing Committee Leadership Team (Mike Bono, Matt Hedman, Jill Sonnesyn, Raquel Counihan, Doug DeBold, Tom Ajax, Carla Pardue, Dan Ness, and Corey Brinkema) received the 2020 Spirit of the Loppet Award for Adventure! . When the idea of a World Cup at Wirth Park arose, it was clear that it was going to take an effort unlike anything seen at the Loppet or on the World Cup circuit. There were literally hundreds of volunteers who contributed to the World Cup effort. As leaders of the effort, these nine intrepid folks stepped willingly into the unknown, putting in THOUSANDS of volunteer hours over two years. . Organizing Committee Chair Mike Bono attributes the committee's experience to the quote “To boldly go where no one has gone before.” He said, "There were many aspects of the World Cup that were entirely new to the organizing volunteers: setting up the credential process to ensure that only authorized personnel were allowed in certain areas of the park; designing sign...