Career
She competed for the United Kingdom at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 14th place in the women"s marathon. Rowell set her personal best in the classic distance (2:28:06) in 1985 when finishing second behind Ingrid Kristiansen in London.
Later in her running career, Rowell was a prominent fell runner, winning the Three Peaks Race four times and both the British and English Fell Running Championships in 1995 and 1996.
She also finished second in the 1992 World Mountain Running Trophy.