University of Alaska Fairbanks Athletics

Lucca Duke joins the Alaska Nanooks cross country program as a student assistant in 2026-27 after a standout two-year career as a student-athlete at Alaska. A former All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) and NCAA Division II West Region performer, Duke brings valuable experience competing at the conference and regional levels.

Duke earned All-GNAC honors in 2025 after placing eighth at the GNAC Championships with a time of 21:40.2. She followed that performance with a 14th-place finish at the NCAA Division II West Region Championships, earning All-West Region recognition while setting a personal-best 6K time of 21:04.1. She also earned GNAC Academic All-Conference recognition in 2025.

During her first season in 2024, Duke competed in all seven races for the Nanooks, gaining experience at the conference, regional and national championship levels. She recorded a season-best 6K time of 22:04.3 at the WWU Bill Roe Classic.

A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Duke attended Steller Secondary School and majored in biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.