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" I played volleyball and basketball, and I did track and volleyball in college. "

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" I ran track in college. And that team, that all-lady team that I was on, I can remember just being so incredibly sad that I knew we were all going to leave each other after we graduated and that our lives would change. And even though I was the bridesmaid at all their weddings and stuff like that, it's just not the same, right? "

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" Second City Las Vegas is very different from Second City in Chicago on the main stage, where they do improv sets. That's how they kind of hone material, kind of work up to new material. "

" I was in relays for track where you just bonded with all these different kinds of personalities who were coming together for this one common goal of beating a rival team. "

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