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Katie Spotz
Katie Spotz FitzGerald (born 1987) is an American adventurer who became the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, departing from Dakar, Senegal on January 3, 2010, and landing in Guyana on March 14, 2010. She was the first person to have swum the entire length of the Allegheny River in New York state and Pennsylvania. Early life Spotz was born in Mentor, Ohio. She graduated from Mentor High School in 2005 and Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina, in 2008. Military career In 2018, Spotz enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard as a Fireman. In 2019, Spotz was commissioned as an active duty Response Officer. Spotz was awarded ''Elite Female Athlete of the Year'' for 2020 by the U.S. Coast Guard. Records In 2008, Spotz became the first person to swim the entire length of the Allegheny River, which runs between New York state and Pennsylvania. Accompanied by safety kayaker, James Hendershott, the two began on July 22 to hike the "stream" for 27 miles befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Spotz
Leslie Spotz is an American pianist. She is Professor of piano at Tarleton State University. Biography Spotz studied, as a full-scholarship recipient, at the Curtis Institute of Music with Mieczysław Horszowski, who was associated with Pablo Casals. She completed her doctorate at Rutgers University in 2002. She attended high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, now known as the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where, at age 15, as winner of the concerto competition she played Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto with Nicholas Harsanyi conducting. Career Spotz' international solo career has included performances in Moscow at the Tchaikovsky Hall of Moscow University, the South Bank Center of London, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, tours of Germany, recitals in Italy for the Lorenzo de’Medici Institute and a performance at the inaugural opening of Philadelphia’s new performance venue, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |