UAA's Liessfeld honored by GNAC

Vivien Liessfeld of the University of Alaska Anchorage was named the GNAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week Monday. This is the second time this year she has been honored and the third time in her career.

Liessfeld was firing on all cylinders at the Brutus Hamilton Multis over the weekend, posting a career-best heptathlon score of 4,946 points. That was good enough to move her name up to No. 7 on the NCAA Division II national performance list for 2026. Fresh off an indoor gold medal in the pentathlon at the GNAC Championships, Liessfeld posted three personal bests among her seven-event performance, landing her second among a field of 17 athletes who competed at the meet. It was the top heptathlon score by a GNAC athlete so far in 2026.

"I am very proud of Vivien's efforts, not just during the multi but in the preparations leading up to it and throughout this entire year. It was great to see her put it all together, and it is great news for us that she still is leaving some points out there."

UAA will compete at the John Knight Twilight at Western Oregon April 10-11.