Columbia Crowned Women's Indoor T&F Championship Champs

ELSAH, Ill. - The Columbia Cougars won their third American Midwest Conference Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship, and seventh overall, on Saturday, at Coach Crafton Center on the campus of Principia College.

The Cougars scored 167 points to beat out William Woods who claimed 145 points. Missouri Baptist (102), Cottey (85) and Health Sciences & Pharmacy (63) rounded out the top-five team scores.

Championship Notes:

• Madalenn Fee from Cottey secured Athlete of the Meet and Outstanding Track Athlete after winning the mile, 1000m and defending her title in the 600m. She also finished fourth in the long jump and on the Comets 4x400 relay team.
• Montgomery Keck from Columbia earned Outstanding Field Athlete and Freshman of the Year. She collected 20 points for the Cougars with a win in triple jump to break the two-year-old AMC record with a jump of 11.29m by 30-centimeter, second place finish in 60m hurdles and long jump, fifth place in high jump and eighth in 60m.
• Alicia Robinson was selected Newcomer of the Year after a win in long jump, second place finish in 60m and 200m and seventh in triple jump.
• Besides Fee, William Woods' Mekayla Gibson was the only other athlete to defend her titles in both 3000m and 5000m events. In the 5000m race, not only did she break the 15-year-old AMC record, but she also claimed victory for the third consecutive year.
• Leah Macon-Ford broke the nine-year-old AMC record in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.74 by four seconds.
• Full Results

2025 AMC Women's Indoor Track & Field Awards:
Athlete of the Meet: Madalenn Fee, Cottey
Outstanding Track Athlete: Madalenn Fee, Cottey
Outstanding Field Athlete: Montgomery Keck, Columbia
Newcomer of the Year: Alicia Robinson, Harris-Stowe
Freshman of the Year: Montgomery Keck, Columbia
Coaching Staff of the Year: Brennan Cape, Mason McCaleb, Ryan Bontz, Nadia Fanjul Sanchez-Porro, Columbia

All-Conference:
Top-3 finishers in each event

Champions of Character Team

Bay Davis	Central Baptist
Rachel Hargis	Columbia
Jessie Mick	Cottey
Breanne Haines	Hannibal-LaGrange
Alicia Robinson	Harris-Stowe
Nina Bitsilly	Haskell
Lannah Prysi	Health Sciences & Pharmacy
Alaina Scott	Missouri Baptist
Heidi Baranauskas	William Woods
Rebecca Simington	Williams Baptist

Team Results

Place	School	Points
1st	Columbia	167
2nd	William Woods	145
3rd	Missouri Baptist	102
4th	Cottey	85
5th	Health Sciences & Pharmacy	63
6th	Hannibal-LaGrange	53
7th	Harris-Stowe	31
8th	Williams Baptist	29
9th	Haskell	22