Editing Big East Conference (1979–2013) (section)

==Cross country==
The Big East Conference first crowned men's cross country champions in 1979 and women's cross country champions in 1982. During the history of the original Big East, six different women's teams won Big East Championships: Boston College, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Providence, Villanova and West Virginia. On the men's side six teams won Big East Championships as well: Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Providence, Syracuse and Villanova.<ref>[http://bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/Cross_Country/Cross_Country_Record_Book.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051819/http://bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/Cross_Country/Cross_Country_Record_Book.pdf|date=April 25, 2012}}</ref>

In both the 2009 and 2010 season, the Villanova women captured the NCAA Cross Country Team Championship as they have largely dominated the Big East over the years with numerous Conference Titles. Led by [[Sheila Reid (athlete)|Sheila Reid]], a junior from New Market, Ont. who won the 2010 individual champion, the top-ranked Wildcats captured their second straight NCAA Division I women's cross country championship.  Reid sprinted past Georgetown's Emily Infeld and Oregon's Jordan Hasay in the final 200 meters to win the individual title.  It was the Villanova Women's ninth NCAA Team Championship overall in Cross Country.  The Wildcats captured six consecutive NCAA Championships from 1989 to 1994 and also won the title again in 1998, 2009 and 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/11/22/sports/doc4ceab103a2d71574675863.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724181450/http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/11/22/sports/doc4ceab103a2d71574675863.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |title=Villanova women win NCAA cross country championship |publisher=delcotimes.com |date=November 22, 2010 |access-date=July 19, 2012 }}</ref>