Columbia Wins Fifth-Straight AMC Presidents’ Cup

St. Louis, Mo. – For the fifth-straight year, the Columbia College Athletics Department has won the American Midwest Conference (AMC) Presidents’ Cup.

“I am thrilled for our players, coaches, and our entire campus community,” said James Arnold, Director of Athletics. “Winning the Presidents’ Cup is a massive honor as it accurately reflects excellence across all sports and speaks to the hard work and depth of talent of everyone in our department.” 

The Presidents’ Cup is awarded to the institution accumulating the most points, determined by final regular-season standings or the final results from the AMC Championship (cross country, wrestling, golf, and track & field) in the 16 conference championship sports. Points are awarded in a manner that the Conference champion receives five times the number of teams sponsoring each sport, each subsequent team receives five fewer points than the team finishing about it (with the last place team earning five points). Should teams tie in the final standings or results, the total number of available points among the tied spots will be combined and then divided by the number of tied teams.

The Cougars held a slight 20-point advantage over Missouri Baptist, who finished one spot behind Columbia for the third-straight year, heading into the spring season, but after winning four of the six championships and finishing second in the other two, Columbia was able to separate itself from the pack and win by a large margin.

Over the course of the season, the Cougars finished third or higher in every AMC Championship sport.

Women’s cross country, women’s soccer, women’s indoor track & field, softball, men’s outdoor track & field, women’s outdoor track & field, and women’s golf took home first-place points, while men’s soccer, volleyball, men’s indoor track & field, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, and men’s golf received second-place points, and men’s cross country placed third at their championships and contributed 30 points.

“To win it for the fifth straight year perfectly demonstrates the commitment to continued success from our administration and all Columbia College stakeholders” said Arnold. “It truly takes our entire campus to sustain our success.”  

With the win, the Cougars have now tied William Woods for the most AMC President’s Cup among active schools. Former-AMC member McKendree (Ill.) leads all schools with 10 from 2001-2011.

To view the entire final AMC Presidents’ Cup standings, click HERE.