AMC Season Preview: 2025 Men's Cross Country
August 21, 2025
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Columbia College Cougars have been selected to win the Ameri-can Midwest Conference, earning three first-place votes in the preseason coaches' poll. Hannibal-LaGrange and Health Sciences & Pharmacy follow closely behind, with the Trojans securing one first-place vote.
The Cougars finished took the title of the 2024 AMC Men's Cross Country Championship, with returner Kalieb Redda taking the individual title and being named AMC Runner of the Year.
2025 AMC Men's Cross Country Coaches' Preseason Poll
2024 NAIA Poll Tracker
Returning All-Conference Players
New Coaches
AMC Men's Cross Country Championship
The 2025 AMC Men's Cross Country Championship will take place at Willmore Park in St. Louis, Mo. on Nov. 6 hosted by Health Sciences & Pharmacy.
The Cougars finished took the title of the 2024 AMC Men's Cross Country Championship, with returner Kalieb Redda taking the individual title and being named AMC Runner of the Year.
2025 AMC Men's Cross Country Coaches' Preseason Poll
| Rank | Team (1st place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Columbia (3) | 16 |
| 2 | Hannibal-LaGrange (1) | 13 |
| 3 | Health Sciences & Pharmacy | 9 |
| 4 | Williams Baptist | 7 |
| 5 | Crowley's Ridge | 5 |
2024 NAIA Poll Tracker
| Aug. 22 | Sep. 26 | Oct. 3 | Oct. 17 | Oct. 31 | Nov. 12 | |
| Columbia | -- | -- | RV | -- | -- | -- |
Returning All-Conference Players
| School | Name | Award |
| Columbia | Kalieb Redda | AMC Runner of the Year, First Team |
| Columbia | Will Cherrington | AMC First Team |
| Columbia | Gauge MacGregor | AMC Freshman of the Year, First Team |
New Coaches
| School | Name |
| Crowley's Ridge | Phoenix Beal |
| Williams Baptist | Jennifer Mathis |
AMC Men's Cross Country Championship
The 2025 AMC Men's Cross Country Championship will take place at Willmore Park in St. Louis, Mo. on Nov. 6 hosted by Health Sciences & Pharmacy.