Aretha Thurmond earns Olympic team berth number four with second place finish...

EUGENE--University of Washington hall of famer Aretha Thurmond (left/photo of victory lap by Randy Miyazaki, trackandfieldphoto.com) successfully made her third consecutive US Olympic team and fourth career team as she finished second in the discus on a mostly sunny day at Hayward Field.

Thurmond opened the competition with a toss of 203-6 (62.04m). as defending Olympic champ Stephanie