Laura Nagel (born 11 February 1992) is a New Zealand middle- and long-distance runner. She won gold at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in the 1500 metres.
Early life From Hawkes Bay, Nagel attended Taradale High School. She started running as a keep-fit measure and ended up breaking school athletics records.
NCAA Nagel competed at the 2010 World Athletics Junior Championships, and in the American college system for Providence College in Rhode Island, where she was co-captain of the cross-country team which won the NCAA title, but her progress was halted by significant illnes, injuries and surgery. She later returned to New Zealand and joined the athletes coached by Paul Hamblyn. Laura Nagel is a 5-time All-American distance runner, 3-time Big East Conference champion, 7-time All-Big East Conference medalist, and IC4A/ECAC Champion.
representing Providence Friars2015 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 10,000 meters 34:31.08 16thBig East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships 10,000 meters 34:33.15 3rd 4x800 meters 8:42.24 2ndEastern College Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships Mile 4:47.39 2ndBig East Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships 3,000 meters 9:09.16 4th Distance Medley Relay 11:28.54 2nd2014 2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 5,000 meters 16:09.98 11thBig East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships 5,000 meters 16:23.35 1st2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships 3,000 meters 9:37.84 13thBig East Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships 3,000 meters 9:07.26 1st 5000 meters 16:08.34 2nd2013 2013 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships 6,000 meters 20:38.8 27thBig East Conference Cross Country Championships 6,000 meters 20:21.0 4th2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 5,000 meters 16:15.08 12thBig East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships 5,000 meters 16:25.28 1stIC4A/Eastern College Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships Distance Medley Relay 11:30.75 1stBig East Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships 3,000 meters 9:25.01 4th Distance Medley Relay 11:21.02 6th2012 2012 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships 6,000 meters 20:12.5 35thBig East Conference Cross Country Championships 6,000 meters 21:17.8 11thBig East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships 5,000 meters 16:25.81 2nd2011 2011 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 1500 meters 4:32.44 76thIC4A/Eastern College Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships 3000 meters 9:25.78 2ndBig East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships 1500 meters 4:29.86 11th 4x800 meters 9:06.97 6thBig East Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships 4x800 meters 9:06.97 6th 1500 meters 4:29.86 11th LAURA NAGEL PROVIDENCE College results TFRRSLAURA NAGEL PROVIDENCE College profile Providence College
Career In 2022, she set new personal best times in the 1500 metres, mile run and 3000 metres.
Nagel won the 2023 New Zealand Athletics Championships title over 1500 metres and 5000 metres in Wellington in March 2023.
Nagel won the senior women’s road mile championship in a national record time of 4:46.78 at the Novotel Lakefront Mile in Rotorua in May 2024. That month, she also won the New Zealand 5 km Road Championships. She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji, in June 2024.
Nagel won New Zealand national titles over 1500 metres and 5000 metres in 2025. In March 2025, she was named in the New Zealand team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.
Bagel won the 5000 metres at the 2026 New Zealand Athletics Championships in Auckland, running 16:39.98.
Personal life In 2022, Nagel worked as the digital and events manager for Hockey New Zealand. She also organises athletics race events such as the Daikin Night of 5s in New Zealand.
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