A Danny Almonte in the National Spelling Bee?
Thursday, May 28, 2009
, Posted by Christopher Byrne at 12:03 PM, under
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National Spelling Bee
I had to catch a little bit of the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals on ESPN this morning. When I brought it up on ESPN360, Alex Wells from San Diego was spelling:
The intro lower 3rd graphic said he is a 13-year old 8th grader. !3 years old? You would never guess it looking at him and hearing him. Could be be the Danny Almonte of the spelling bee world? Nah, not likely. Oh and he missed the word, doubling the s.
Here is a list of this morning's semi-finalists:
| Speller | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Esther Park | 13 | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Brandon Whitehead | 13 | El Centro, California |
| Paige Vasseur | 13 | Valencia, California |
| Josephine Kao | 14 | Roseville, California |
| Alex Wells | 13 | San Diego, California |
| Ramya Auroprem | 13 | San Jose, California |
| Claudine Broussard | 13 | Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Laura Newcombe | 10 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Veronica Penny | 11 | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Vincent Medina | 14 | Coral Springs, Florida |
| Miguel Gatmaytan | 13 | Ocala, Florida |
| Serena Skye Laine-Lobsinger | 13 | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Talmage Nakamoto | 14 | Kealakekua, Hawaii |
| Kyle Mou | 13 | Peoria, Illinois |
| Aishwarya Pastapur | 13 | Springfield, Illinois |
| Vaibhav Vavilala | 14 | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Kennyi Aouad | 13 | Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Shari-Jo Miller | 11 | Mandeville PO, Manchester, Jamaica |
| Kavya Shivashankar | 13 | Olathe, Kansas |
| Sidharth Chand | 13 | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| Brent Henderson | 14 | Blue Springs, Missouri |
| Tussah Heera | 13 | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Avvinash Radakrishnan | 13 | Nashua, New Hampshire |
| Michael Sun | 14 | Paramus, New Jersey |
| Kevin Drew | 14 | Wellsville, New York |
| Sriram Hathwar | 9 | Painted Post, New York |
| Neetu Chandak | 13 | Seneca Falls, New York |
| Zachary Zagorski | 13 | Oceanside, New York |
| Siraj Sindhu | 14 | Watertown, New York |
| Tino Cusi Delamerced | 13 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Anamika Veeramani | 13 | North Royalton, Ohio |
| Nicholas Rushlow | 11 | Pickerington, Ohio |
| Connor Aberle | 13 | Portland, Oregon |
| Sukanya Roy | 12 | South Abington, Pennsylvania |
| Keiko Bridwell | 14 | Woodruff, South Carolina |
| Akshay Raghuram | 10 | Amarillo, Texas |
| Mouctika Paluri | 13 | Carrollton, Texas |
| Aditya Chemudupaty | 12 | Pearland, Texas |
| Andrew Traylor | 14 | Staunton, Virginia |
| Tim Ruiter | 12 | Centreville, Virginia |
| Eleanor Runde | 14 | Seattle, Washington |
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