Record-breaking gold for 17-year-old Miramichi runner

Laura Dickinson, a 17-year-old, from Miramichi, N.B., won gold at the 2017 Pan American U20 Track & Field Championships in Trujillo, Peru.

Dickinson won the gold medal in the 5,000-metre race in the under 20 track event.

With her time of 16:39.50, she broke a New Brunswick provincial under 23, junior and senior record.

Dickinson also broke her own previous record of 16:52.54.

Dickinson withdrew from 3000-metre steeplechase race that was taking place Sunday afternoon.

In June, Dickinson was named to her first national team.