[4] Bitter attended the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point from 2005 to 2008 and was a member of the Track and Field and Cross Country teams.[5].
During Zach Bitters's career at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, he was a top 5 runner on the men's cross-country team.
At the UW-Oshkosh Cross Country Brooks Invitational in 2007, Bitter would run his collegiate 8k personal best of 26 minutes and 34 seconds.
Zach Bitter also ran two years of Indoor and outdoor track and field at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Earning a personal best of 9 minutes and 23 seconds in the 3000-meter run at the Nike Impact Sports- Platteville meet on February 16th, 2008.