Good Luck at the National Spelling Bee, Vismaya!

About a month ago, Vismaya Kharkar won the Salt Lake Valley Spelling Bee for the second year in a row. Last year at nationals she tied for forty-second unfortunately not advancing to semifinals. This year, she has another chance to do better than last year. There is a possibility that she may win this year or next year, and if she does, she will be Utah's first champion to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Vismaya did amazing her first two years, placing ninth in 2009 and sixth in 2010. In 2011, she prevailed and finally won the Salt Lake Valley Spelling Bee (her winning word was infarction). This year, her winning word was aberrant (straying from the right, or normal way).

I wish her and her fellow Utahns (Jared Ward and Sophie Choate) the best of luck! Jared Ward is also returning to nationals for the second time!

http://www.midvalejournal.com/pages/full_story/10462/Second-time-regional-spelling-bee-winner-returns-to-D.C./