I coach at a small D1 in the Northeast. We are a development program, we don't have the scholarship or pool of recruits to get kids coming in who contribute immediately at a conference level on a regular basis.
In our conference, I'd consider a guy that could run 25:45 or faster to be "relevant" (top 35, would help any team lower their score even as a 5-7th guy). That, in my opinion, means you should be able to run 1:57/4:20/9:30/15:20. It takes a 1:55/4:15/15:00 to score in track as well, so the standard goes up a bit in those seasons.
So:
I'd give a guy some attention who has run 2:00, 4:30, 9:45 as a junior. That would possibly be a small scholarship from me, depending on a bunch of other variables. By the way, "some attention" would mean getting him to campus in the summer/fall and calling every couple weeks to stay in touch, possibly getting an official visit set up late fall if other offers come back to us and we have money to offer a second level guy early. This guy would be a guy who we would look to make a jump as a freshman and start to contribute as a soph in XC and on the track by junior year.
A guy who I would spend a good amount of time recruiting (summer visit, get an early financial aid package/early read admit, early fall official visit, push to sign in November) would be running 1:58, 4:25, 9:30 or faster. He would be a guy who could come in immediately and find a spot in our 3-7 range, and be "relevant" at the conference level in the fall. But would need a jump to be ready to score on the track. This kid is our typical top end recruit yearly, basically the fastest level I would be confident we could consistently get to commit. I hope to get one of these every year.
We aren't getting a ton of guys interested who are much faster, but a sub 1:57/4:18/9:20 guy would be a guy who could contribute in our top 5 right away and would have a shot to score in the track champs, would get my full attention weekly and I would probably get a couple of visits to meets, or a home visit, and we would be talking about considerable scholarships.
Again, we are a mid pack team in a mid major conference, so certainly not a true D1 like every one likes to talk about here, but most people don't understand the depth of the Division. Many of these kids I've described above could have a ton of success with the right team, instead of trying to walk on to a huge program and getting asked to leave after one semester.
Hope that helps.