Champion athlete Liz McColgan, who won the marathon in 1996, said some runners were in trouble.
She married Northern Irish steeplechaser Peter McColgan the following year before claiming Olympic silver in 1988.
Scottishathletics' idea is to build on the specialist squad concept introduced by Liz McColgan last year.
Mr McColgan said he was pushed up against a wall and throttled with a baton.
County Tyrone food company McColgan's and distributors 3663 withdrew products after traces of pork DNA were found.
Mr McCurdy said the two companies concerned, McColgan's and 3663, were very proactive in relation to their responsibilities.
Now Allan Wells, Liz McColgan and coach Tommy Boyle will lead specialist squads in sprint, long and middle-distance.
McColgan, one of Britain's greatest-ever distance runners, announced her retirement from competitive athletics just over two years ago.
McColgan came to the public's attention as 22-year-old Liz Lynch when she took gold at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.
Tyrone food company McColgan's and distributors 3663 withdrew products after pork traces were found in pies meant for English and Irish jails.
Ms McColgan was giving evidence in the first round table session of the committee as it continued its inquiry into community sport.
McColgan's and 3663 said they were co-operating with the Food Standards Agency.
He claimed one soldier tried to grip Mr McColgan's hands tighter on to the wire but was ordered away by an RUC man.
Witness Maurice McColgan told the inquiry that he and other people arrested by the army were beaten up by paratroopers at a holding centre.
She suggested recent successes were achieved despite the system in Scotland and said she didn't see the next Andy Murray or Liz McColgan coming through.
In the writ, barrister Caroline McColgan said Ms Pate was carrying out a stock take within the Coast section of the shop when she dropped the jewellery.
Brendan Foster, the BBC commentator who described McColgan's victory in Tokyo as "the greatest ever by any British distance runner", paid tribute to her contribution to the sport.
"Encouraging all these kids into basketball is tremendous, not just for Cumbernauld, but for the whole of Scotland, " McColgan said as she presented Jim with his well deserved award.
The judging panel included former World and Commonwealth champion Liz McColgan, who was the Scottish ambassador for the Unsung Hero award along with BBC Radio Scotland's Sports Weekly programme.
Food distributor 3663 said McColgan's was the source of "the very small number of halal savoury beef pastry products" and all halal products from this firm had been withdrawn.
Tests were carried out by food firm 3663 after McColgan's name appeared on a report by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) following an investigation which discovered horsemeat in some frozen burgers.
He stumbled in front of Mr McColgan at one point as they were all driven forward, their arms and hands receiving the blows as they used them to cover their heads and necks.
Mr McColgan said he was wrongly arrested for rioting and described how a lorryload of detainees was ordered out at the barracks, to be met by about 50 paratroopers standing in two lines.
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