EKU's women's cross country program began in 1977 and has won 34 conference championships, claimed 28 conference Runner of the Year honors, and appeared in five NCAA Championships.  

EKU won 18 consecutive OVC cross country titles from 1982-99 and won the league title in each of its final nine seasons in the conference. Additionally, EKU runners claimed OVC Runner of the Year honors for 15 consecutive seasons, winning each award from 1983-97.  

1977                Program begins under head coach Sandy Martin
1979                Paula Gaston becomes EKU's first female OVC Runner of the year, besting the field with a time of 19:02 at the conference championship.  
1982                EKU wins its first of 34 OVC championships 
                        Rick Erdmann wins his first of 31 women's OVC Coach of the Year awards 
1986                Pam Raglin wins the OVC championship with a time of 16:33, a conference record that still stands today 
1988-89           Lisa Malloy becomes the first female runner in program and conference history to earn OVC Runner of the Year in back-to-back seasons 
1997-99           Sarah Blossom becomes the program's first Academic All-American, earning the accolade in three consecutive seasons  
2007                Pam Raglin becomes the first women's cross country runner inducted into the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame 
2009                Picoty Leitich becomes EKU's first female OVC Freshman of the Year 
2011                Lydia Kosgei earns All-American honors and becomes EKU's first woman to compete at the NCAA Championships, finishing 37^th. 
2011                Sue Schaefer Morgan is inducted into the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame
2012-14           Ann Eason becomes the only female runner in OVC history to win Runner of the Year in three consecutive seasons 
2014                Jamie King O'Shea is inducted into the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame
2015                Amy Clements Olsen is inducted into the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame
2016                EKU sets an OVC record by winning the conference championship by a 65-point margin 
                        Charlotte Imer becomes the highest-finishing EKU runner at the NCAA Championships, finishing 31^st with a time of 20:19.8 in the 5,000-meter run
2017                EKU ties its own record with another 65-point margin of victory at the OVC championship 
                        EKU finishes 23^rd in its first NCAA Championship appearance as a team, becoming the first OVC team in history to make the NCAAs
2018                Rick Erdmann is inducted into the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame
2019                Lisa Malloy is inducted into the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame