won the national title in the men's outdoor 5000 meter run, which he won again in 1993. As of June 2021, no USF athlete has won an individual or relay national title since. The men's and women's indoor track and field teams were added that fall. In 1995 the Metro Conference merged with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA, giving USF their third conference allegiance in school history. This year also brought the Bulls women's soccer team to life. USF added their most famous sport in 1997, beginning to play football as a Division I-AA independent. Fall 1997 was also the inaugural year of the Bulls sailing team, which is now USF's most successful sport with three national championships, albeit competing in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association rather than the NCAA. 2000s The football team became Division I-A in 2001 and joined Conference USA with the rest of USF's sports in 2003, but the school left the conference to join the Big East in 2005. USF football became very notable in the Big East, reaching as high as No. 2 in the BCS rankings in 2007. In spring 2009, USF's women's basketball team won the Women's National Invitation Tournament for the first postseason tournament victory in their history. The following fall, the sailing team won the fourth team national championship in school history in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Sloop National Championship. 2010s The early 2010s brought lots of change to the university's athletic programs. Six new athletic facilities opened between 2011 and 2013: Corbett Soccer Stadium, USF Baseball Stadium, USF Softball Stadium, the Frank Morsani Football Practice Complex, the Pam and Les Muma Basketball Practice Center, and the Chowdhari Golf Center; plus extensive renovations were completed on the Yuengling Center, USF Track and Field Stadium, and USF Varsity Tennis Courts. The nearly $70 million project also included construction of recreational fields for baseball, softball, soccer, and more. In 2013, the new golf center became USF's first LEED certified athletics facility. The Yuengling Center was certified LEED Silver the following year. Following the Big East Conference realignment in 2013, USF found itself as a charter member of the new American Athletic Conference, where the Bulls still play today. The Bulls sailing team won their second ICSA national championship and the fifth team national championship in USF history in 2016 in the Offshore Large Boats competition and repeated as Offshore Large