Aretha Thurmond announces retirement from the sport and starts new career at USA Track & Field...

What began as a shout out by her mother Susan Hill on her Facebook page on October 15th ended up as an announcement that University of Washington hall of famer Aretha Thurmond (left/photo by Paul Merca) has officially retired from the sport.



Thurmond laughed when I brought that up to her in a telephone conversation from her new home of Indianapolis, where she now works in the international