Bio

Competing in the sports of women's cross country and track and field, 10-time All-American Kim Bemowski personified success during her athletic career at UW-Oshkosh.

As a member of the cross country team from 1987-90, Bemowski helped UW-Oshkosh to two NCAA Division III titles and four WIAC championships. The Titans won their first NCAA Division III crown in women's cross country in 1987 and repeated the accomplishment one year later.

In 1990, Bemowski's final season of cross country, she helped the Titans to a second-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championship by finishing 11th individually to gain All-America recognition. The Titans won their fifth straight WIAC title that season, with Bemowski recording a personal-best fourth-place finish. UW-Oshkosh swept the top five places at the league championship in 1990 to count a perfect score of 15 points.

Bemowski's success and that of the Titans also continued in track & field. From 1988-91, the Stevens Point native spirited UW-Oshkosh to NCAA Division III outdoor championships in 1990 and 1991 and a total of eight WIAC indoor and outdoor titles.

Bemowski received NCAA Division III All-America status five times indoors and four times outdoors.

In 1990, Bemowski ran on the Titans' 1,600-meter relay team that posted a first-place time of 3:56.50 at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship. She also received All-America accolades in the indoor 800-meter run in 1990 and 1991, the indoor 1,600-meter relay in 1989 and 1991, the outdoor 800-meter run in 1990 and 1991 and the outdoor 1,600-meter relay in 1988 and 1990. Her highest national ranking in the 800-meter run came in 1991 when she finished second indoors with a time of 2:13.23.

Running against her WIAC counterparts, Bemowski won the indoor and outdoor 800-meter run events in 1990 and 1991. She also ran on the Titans' first-place indoor 1,600-meter relay teams in 1990 and 1991.

Bemowski's name also appears in connection with several UW-Oshkosh track & field records. She owns the school's indoor 600-meter run record with a time of 1:36.74 and the indoor 600-yard run mark with a clocking of 1:28.08. Her name is also mentioned in school records for the indoor 1,600-meter relay and outdoor 2-mile relay events.

Following graduation from UW-Oshkosh in 1993, Bemowski taught high school physical education and health at Mosinee High School for four years while coaching middle school gymnastics and freshman volleyball for nearly two seasons. She resides in Stevens Point with her husband, Tim Olson, and two children. Bemowski is a graduate of Stevens Point Pacelli High School.