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Reporter Amanda Rabinowitz
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Ocean rower Katie Spotz reaches halfway point, on pace to make history
Spotz of Mentor keeps some 1,500 followers on Twitter updated daily from sea
WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports
22-year-old Katie Spotz left Senegal, Africa in her 19-foot ocean row boat around the first of the year.
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A 22-year old Mentor woman who wants to make history with a cross-Atlantic Ocean row has reached the half-way point of her journey. Katie Spotz left Senegal, Africa, around the first of the year and will arrive in Brazil in about six weeks. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz catches up with Spotz through her close friend and fellow ocean rower Sam Williams.
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Web Resources  Katie Spotz: Row for Water Katie Spotz on Facebook Follow Katie Spotz on Twitter
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