NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (KWQC) – Four students from the KWQC viewing area made it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. At the end of round three, two students remained. At the end of round three, 171 spellers were eligible to move on, based on the fact that they spelled correctly in the on-stage portion. The students’ preliminary scores from a written test they took on Tuesday determined who went forward to the finals. None of the students from our area made it to the finals.
Bryan Keck, an 8th grader from Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School in Dubuque, Iowa did not survive the day. He spelled the word ‘balisaur’ incorrectly.
Another local student, Kyle Skinner, a 7th grader from North Scott Junior High School in Eldridge, Iowa also fell before the arduous list of words. He was out with the word ‘catadromous’.
But the girls survived and found S-U-C-C-E-S-S today.
Rebekah Seigler, a 7th grader from Centennial Elementary School in Polo, Illinois completed round two and three. She spelled ‘ungetatable’ correctly before moving on to ‘coulibiac’.
Olivia Charles, a 7th grader from West Carroll Middle School in Mount Carroll, Illinois also passed with flying colors. She first spelled the word ‘zygodactylous’ before moving on to the third round.
Despite spelling their words correctly, they will not advance to the finals tomorrow. The Finals starts Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
