I was looking at some past results.
Here are the results of the 2004 state cross country meet at the same Valley City course that 2009 state was ran on. http://www2.bhs.bismarck.k12.nd.us/athletics/bhsboystrack/xc/results04/classab04.htm
Here are the 2009 results http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=12617
Am I the only one who notices that the state has gotten massively stronger since 2004?