Women’s Cross Country Wins Fifth-Straight AMC Championship

Columbia, Mo. – The Columbia College women’s cross country team won their sixth-straight American Midwest Conference (AMC) team title on Friday afternoon. The race took place at Cosmo Park in Columbia, Mo.

The Cougars were led by Peri Welch, who won the individual title in a time of 18:07.04. That time was the second-fastest in AMC history. Welch earned AMC Freshman of the Year, All-Conference, and Runner of the Year honors.

CC had three other runners named AMC All-Conference – Mikayla Sehlmeyer (5^th, 19:10.18), Jada O’Donnell (7^th, 19:12.52), and Kyla Bertschinger (8^th, 19:14.16).

Columbia Women’s Cross Country Individual Results:
Peri Welch – 1^st, 18:07.04
Mikayla Sehlmeyer – 5^th, 19:10.18
Jada O’Donnell – 7^th, 19:12.52
Kyla Bertschinger – 8^th, 19:14.16
Grace Brinkmann – 17^th, 20:38.99
Emma Homfeldt – 19^th, 20:48.64
Daylin Huebotter – 24^th, 21:29.85
Megan Korte – 30^th, 22:02.31
Lucia Suarez-Vega – 46^th, 23:15.10

Team Results
1 – Columbia (38 points)
2 – William Woods (40 points)
3 – Missouri Baptist (52 points)
4 – Health Sciences and Pharmacy (115 points)
5 – Hannibal-LaGrange (155 points)
6 – Williams Baptist (167 points)
7 – Lyon (176 points)
8 – Central Baptist (246 points)

Up Next:
The Cougars will make a trip to Washington to compete in the 42^nd Annual Women’s Cross Country National Championships, which takes place on Nov. 19^th.