Gavin Sigua from Indianapolis, Achyut Ethiraj from Ft. Wayne, and Sharanya Kar from Lafayette are quarterfinalists at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Congratulations! 👏
The preliminary round of the competition began Tuesday in National Harbor, Maryland.Gavin Sigua from Indianapolis, Achyut Ethiraj from Ft. Wayne, and Sharanya Kar from Lafayette spelled two words correctly and provided the definition of another.
"It's nerve-wracking definitely but the important thing is to just take a deep breath, keep your calm, and just look straight at the judges or a blank wall and then just spell the word out," Kar said. "The Bee doesn't just want us to focus on like the hard work and everything. They want us to also enjoy the experience, make friends," Kar said."They're really nice people and they all share the same interest as me and that's really cool to have so many people who all love spelling just as much as I do around me," Sigua said
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