California teen Snehaa Ganesh Kumar takes third in Spelling Bee, MedillDC National Spelling Bee ends in its unlikeliest tie to date, Associated Press National Spelling Bee co-champions include youngest ever, Associated Press Painted Post seventh-grader Jairam Hathwar is national bee co-champion, Democrat and Chronicle Another Year, Another Impasse As 2 Win Scripps National Spelling Bee, The Two-Way, NPR, retrieved ^ Official Tweet, ("Rd 7 ends w/10 #SpellingBee finalists! Watch LIVE on 8PM!.‘SportsCenter’ anchor Kevin Negandhi to host finals of Scripps National Spelling Bee on ESPN, American Bazaar 251 spellers survive in Scripps National Spelling Bee, USA Today National spelling bee moves into final day, USA Today 171 survive in National Spelling Bee, but only 45 advance, USA Today The nation readies for the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee, WRTV Spelling bee champ upholds family tradition, Lee's Summit Journal ^ When is the Scripps National Spelling Bee? Archived at the Wayback Machine,, Retrieved 4 March 2016.Texas 11-year-old Nihar Janga crowned co-champ at national spelling bee, Houston Chronicle Leander ISD student, 11, named co-champion in National Spelling Bee, Austin American-Statesman Hathwar wins another trip to Scripps, The Leader (Corning) The first place prize this year was increased to $40,000 from $30,000, second to $30,000 and third to $20,000. Other finalists, in order, included Smrithi Upadhyayula, Rutvik Gandhasri, Cooper Komatsu, Sreeniketh Vogoti, Mitchell Robson, and Jashun Paluru.Īfter two consecutive years where the Bee ended in a tie, it was announced in April 2016 that harder words would be used in the final rounds. The final four outlasted all other competitors by a full four rounds. Sylvie Lamontagne of Lakewood, Colorado, also 13, placed fourth, missing "chaoborine" in the 15th round. Thirteen-year old Snehaa Ganesh Kumar of Folsom, California placed third, falling on "usucapion" in the 16th round, the first championship round. Jairam Hathwar became the second sibling of a past champion (his brother Sriram Hathwar was co-champion in 2014) to win the competition. Ĭo-champion Nihar Janga, at age 11, was the first winner since 2002 to win in his first appearance at the national bee. Notwithstanding efforts to avoid a third year running of inseparable co-winners (see below), Jairam Hathwar and Nihar Janga were declared co-champions after 24 championship rounds. After round 4, only 21 spellers were left, and after round 7 there were 10. The final rounds were held on May 26, beginning with the 45 finalists. After the written scores were added, the field was further reduced to 45 finalists. By late on May 25, the field had been reduced to 171. Then, on May 25, 34 contestants were eliminated when they missed their first word in the first oral round, leaving 251 spellers. On Tuesday May 24, all contestants took a written test. For the first time, a first-grader qualified, 6-year old Akash Vukoti of Texas. 29 spellers were relatives of prior contestants. The age range of the spellers was 6 to 15, 70 of whom were making repeat appearances. The competition began with 284 contestants (143 boys and 141 girls), winnowed down from 11 million students who participated in local bees around the country. The 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland (its sixth year at this location) on May 24–26, 2016. Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland Spelling bee held in the United States in 2016 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee
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