Bio

In the storied history of the UW-Oshkosh women's track & field program, there have been 11 first-place finishes in running events by Titans at the NCAA Division III indoor and outdoor championships. But the first of those 11 belong to Nancy Dare, who competed for UW-Oshkosh in women's cross country from 1987-90, women's indoor track & field from 1988-91 and women's outdoor track & field from 1988-91.

Competing mainly in the middle distance running events, Dare earned five NCAA Division III All-America track & field accolades in the 1,500-meter run. In 1990, at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship, Dare established UW-Oshkosh history when she won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:29.57. Her performance at the meet enabled the Titans to win their first women's track & field national title in school history.

Dare also received NCAA Division III All-America status in the 1,500-meter run four other times, at the indoor championship in 1990 and 1991 and at the outdoor championship in 1988, 1990 and 1991. Her second-place finish in the 1,500-meter run in 1991 helped the Titans to the NCAA Division III outdoor title.

At the local level, Dare won a pair of 1,500-meter run titles at the WIAC Outdoor Championship, with victories coming in times of 4:44.90 in 1989 and 4:34.00 in 1990. UW-Oshkosh won every WIAC track & field meet held during Dare's career, going a perfect eight-for-eight.

As a member of the UW-Oshkosh women's cross country team, Dare also enjoyed personal and team success.  Her cross country career included two first- and two second-place finishes at the NCAA Division III Championship and another four WIAC team titles. 

Following UW-Oshkosh's NCAA Division III title performances in 1987 and 1988, Dare finished 14th in 1989 and 18th in 1990 individually to help the Titans to a pair of second-place national finishes. Both efforts gained Dare NCAA Division III All-America accolades.

In the WIAC, Dare registered a trio of top-10 cross country finishes, placing third in 1990, seventh in 1989 and ninth in 1988.

Since graduating from UW-Oshkosh in 1991, the 12-time WIAC championship team member has held several public relations positions, with two of them, Hager Sharp Inc., of Washington D.C., in 1995, and Mueller Communications of Milwaukee in 1999, receiving Achievement Awards from the Public Relations Society of America. Dare also worked in the Washington D.C., office of Congressman Tom Petri.

Today, the Lake Geneva Badger High School graduate lives in Jackson with her husband, Andy, and daughter, Holly. Dare is currently public relations director at the Milwaukee-based Alliance for Children and Families, a position she has held for the past three years.