HAWORTH resident Dr Sarah Rowell holds a key position in the investigation of Alberto Salazar, Mo Farah’s coach.

Salazar was a champion marathon runner and is considered by many to be the world’s leading endurance coach.

Rowell is now one of a team of three tasked by UK Athletics to bring in specialists to examine if Salazar, who denies any wrongdoing, has pushed the boundaries into doping.

Farah moved from Twickenham to Oregon in 2011 to train with Salazar’s group, the “Nike Project”, but there is no suggestion that the British Olympic champion has been involved in doping.

Former Pudsey & Bramley runner Rowell (pictured) is a former British record-holder and an Olympian, finishing 14th in the marathon.

Locally she is best known for her fell-running expertise as a former Three Peaks record holder (3hr 16min 17sec), British fell running champion and world mountain-running silver medallist.

Rowell herself authored Off-Road Running, a popular training book, and has visited many local clubs to give advice and coaching sessions, as well as being UK Athletics (UKA) chair of selectors for mountain running teams.

As the only distance runner among the panel (the others being Jason Gardener, the Olympic 4x100m relay champion, and Anne Wafula-Strike, the Paralympic wheelchair racer), Rowell’s role is therefore central.

Meanwhile, in the recent YORKSHIRE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS at Cudworth, Skyrac gained 15 medals, with golds for Lexi Shipley in the under-17 women’s 3000 metres, Alex Pagdin in the under-17 men’s 1500m and Molly Keefe in the senior women’s steeplechase.

Bingley Harriers gained five golds, those being Ben Marriott (senior 5000m), Demeti Nelson (senior 100m), Katherine James (senior long jump), Natalie Morris (under-15 high jump) and Dylan Ferguson (under-17 high jump).

Spenborough’s Glenn Aspindle gained victories in the under-20 triple jump and javelin, while Skipton’s Ellie Pullin won the under-20 high jump.