The St. John’s cross country team will play host to the 2016 BIG EAST Championships on Friday, one of the nation’s premier cross country events. The men’s (8K) and women’s (6K) races will take place at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y., with the women’s race kicking off at 11 a.m., followed by the men’s race at 11:50 a.m.