ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Columbia College Athletics Department has won their seventh-straight American Midwest Conference (AMC) Presidents' Cup.
 
"Just absolutely thrilled we were able to secure this seventh straight President's Cup," said James Arnold, Director of Athletics. "As I've said before, it is the ultimate measure of success of an entire department and it is extremely rewarding."

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 above 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 accumulated 522.5 points in the final standings, finishing 20 points ahead of the Spartans of Missouri Baptist. This marks the fifth-straight year Missouri Baptist finished one spot behind Columbia.

Over the course of the year, the Cougars finished fifth or higher in every AMC Championship sport, claiming five championships.
 
Women's soccer, women's basketball, women's golf, men's indoor track and field, and men's golf each finished with first place points. Receiving second-place votes were volleyball, women's outdoor track and field, men's basketball, men's cross country, men's soccer, and men's outdoor track and field.

"A ton of hard work, sweat, tears, and smiles go into this," said Arnold. "It also takes a special community to continue to win at such a high level. We have so many wonderful coaches, athletic trainers, faculty, student-affairs staff, tutors, plant and facility folks, tech services, all of who make this possible."
 
Columbia sits at the second most-ever Presidents' Cup with seven, as former AMC institution McKendree University (Ill.) accumulated 11.

To view the entire final AMC Presidents' Cup standings, click here.