Athlete Draws Media Frenzy After Being Kicked Off Team for Working as Stripper

You can leave your spikes on...

If she wants it, Leilani M. Rios has a home with the Golden West College track team, in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Ms. Rios is a junior at California State University at Fullerton who was kicked off the track and cross-country teams last year for being a part-time stripper. The Orange County Register caught wind of her dismissal a few weeks ago and decided to run with it.

Within days, Ms. Rios was fielding calls from a half-dozen television

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