Monday, May 19, 2014

National Spelling Bee is Near!

Sorry again for not writing for a while; I was extremely busy with many activities and AP testing. Unfortunately, I still have finals to deal with, then I have to study for the ACT. The Bee starts next week, already! After that, I'll have to wait for the scores then begin applying to colleges, since I'll be studying in Vienna, Austria (most likely - I already got in the school; it's just dealing with all the other details, which have to be settled by August) from September to December. For now, let's get down to "Bee" business (I feel like I'm making a reference to Disney's Mulan).

This year, there are 281 spellers from the US and around the world. 

Sriram Hathwar (3rd Place 2013), who first went to the Bee in 2008, will be returning to the National Spelling Bee for his fifth time. Vanya Shivashankar (5th Place in 2013) - whose sister, Kavya Shivashankar, won the 2009 Bee - will be returning for her fourth time. Ashwin Veeramani - whose sister won the 2010 Bee - will be returning for his second time. 

Hussain Godhrawala is the youngest speller this year. 

This year, there are three spellers from Utah. 
Mikayla Hall
Grange Simpson
And the speller who won the Salt Lake Valley Bee: Michael Jones
http://public.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2014/279

I wish all the spellers the best of luck! This year's Bee will be a great one!

Five-Year Repeater (1)

Four-Year Repeaters (5)

Three-Year Repeaters (13)

18 Isabel Cholbi149 Carson Monks
68 Sophie Bergman165 Dylan O'Connor
123 Hannah Jackson172 Katie Danis
132 Faaris Khan187 Joseph Cusi Delamerced
139 Gokul Venkatachalam232 Kate Miller
145 Eboseremhen Eigbe262 Jae Canetti
147 Katharine Wang

Two-Year Repeaters (59)

7 Chythanya Murali190 Kaitlin Hall
14 Patrizzia Fox-Beaudet192 Alotus Wei
16 Aditya Mishra194 Justin Hamilton
20 Neha Konakalla195 Sasha Davis
32 Keshav Ramesh196 Nathan Keenan
34 Lillian Allingham201 Nicholas Stark
43 Mary Horton202 Cole Shafer-Ray
47 Brian Reinhart203 Divya Amirtharaj
55 Christine Alex204 Shreyas Parab
57 Meghana Kamineni205 Jacob George
58 Alia Abiad207 Aparajita Rao
59 Zander Patent208 Hannah Citsay
83 Kimmie Collins210 Anna Tran
84 Sean Ives214 Emily Gunkel
85 Zander Reed216 Alexandra Harper
89 Sterling Hollond217 Stephen Landry
112 Meryl Warpula223 Kalika Bridwell
115 Neha Seshadri224 Antonio Vince Miguel Lansang
120 Marguerite Arbogast226 Benjamin Kulas
121 Nathaniel Britton237 Ansun Sujoe
124 Cameron Haynes238 Shobha Dasari
135 Jade Samanta239 Syamantak Payra
142 Amna Raza243 Gabrielle Rubio
146 Sanjana Malla244 Kara Lehnert
155 Gavin Buehler250 Manav Thadani
158 Michael James255 Samuel Pereles
159 Sai Vishudhi Chandrasekhar259 Jensen Schram
167 Shiv Patel275 Lillian Bischof
178 Lauren Lim277 Victoria Allen
188 Ashwin Veeramani
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