I was researching for spelling bee articles, when one of them popped out at me. When I saw the words For the fifth straight year..., I opened the article. http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Danbury-boy-spells-it-like-it-is-3432399.php Rahul Malayappan will be heading back to the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his fifth time! His winning word was dihedral.
The other five-peat is Nicholas Rushlow who tied for 14th last year. Both Rahul and Nicholas are no longer eligible to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee after this year.
There have not been five-peats at the Bee since Matthew Evans and Tia Thomas in 2008, but there has not been a five-peat champion since Kerry Close in 2006. If either five-peat wins, that speller will be the second five-peat to ever win the Scripps National Spelling Bee!
Good luck!
Making it to the spelling bee five times is a pretty difficult task. These two are to be congratulated.
ReplyDelete[Tangentially related: Lori Anne Madison could theoretically be the first seven time repeater, if she doesn't win it before then.]