@oldschooldad Looking at the outdoor conference championship meet for the Midwest Conference (Grinnell’s Conference), a 2:00.00 time in the 800 would have placed 9th. A 1:58.00 would have placed 6th. Your son’s times are already competitive for the Midwest Conference. The winner (from Grinnell), ran 1:55.97.
https://static.midwestconference.org/custompages/Statistics/2018-19/otrack/2019mwcfinal.pdf