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April 23, 2007|From Times Wire Reports

Thirteen-year-old Morgan Pozgar of Claysburg, Pa., won $25,000 and was crowned national text messaging champion in New York after she typed "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from the film "Mary Poppins" in 15 seconds.

Morgan defeated nearly 200 competitors to become East Coast champion and then beat West Coast champion Eli Tirosh, 21, of Los Angeles. She said she sends more than 8,000 text messages a month to friends and family.


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