AMC Season Preview: 2025 Women's Cross Country

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Columbia College Cougars have been selected as favorites to win the American Midwest Conference, earning four first-place votes in the preseason coaches' poll. Cottey and Hannibal-LaGrange follow closely behind tied for the second spot with the Comets receiving one first-place vote.

The Cougars placed third in the 2024 AMC Women's Cross Country Championship, led by Nataly Gutierrez's eighth-place individual finish.

2025 AMC Women's Cross Country Coaches' Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (1st place votes)	Points
1	Columbia (4)	25
t-2	Cottey (1)	18
t-2	Hannibal-LaGrange	18
4	Health Sciences & Pharmacy	14
5	Williams Baptist	10
6	Crowley's Ridge	5

Returning All-Conference Players

School	Name	Award
Columbia	Lauren Berhorst	AMC First Team
Columbia	Nataly Gutierrez	AMC First Team
Cottey	Madalenn Fee	AMC First Team

New Coaches

School	Name
Crowley's Ridge	Phoenix Beal
Williams Baptist	Jennifer Mathis

AMC Women's Cross Country Championship
The 2025 AMC Women's Cross Country Championship will take place at Willmore Park in St. Louis, Mo. on Nov. 6 hosted by Health Sciences & Pharmacy.