Meet the Fastest Teen Texter in the U.S. [VIDEO]

Who knew texting at the dinner table, during class and all hours of the day would eventually pay off?

Seventeen-year-old Austin Wierschke from Rhinelander, Wis. -- a high school senior who can type up to six characters in just one second -- won $50,000 for the second year in a row at the sixth annual texting event LG U.S. Texting Championship held on Wednesday in New York City.

Standing on a stage in the middle of Times Square, Wierschke beat out 10 other finalists, who competed in a series of rounds using a LG Optimus Zip QWERTY keyboard smartphone. The preliminaries started several months ago when the competition had about 100,000 contestants.…
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