So far the spellers in this round are doing very well. Oceanside's Zachary Zagorski fabricated another win with toile while Kavya Shavishankar and Sidharth "Mr. Busy Bee" Chand pulled themselves together to spell ergasia and sobornost, respectively. And Kennyi "Mr. Joviality" Aouad continued to charm even as he refused to be bloodied by thyrocervical.
But Michael Sun of Paramus mispelled coaming—which means he's going. And youngest speller Sriram Hathwar didn't dig himself out of the hole that fodient put him in. He should have more chances in the years to coam.
UPDATE There were only five eliminations in Round 4, leaving 36 for Round 5. Let's see if the Canadians can make it to Round 6 this year!
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
National Spelling Bee 2009: Semifinalists
Only 41 spellers survived the first three rounds to duke it out on Thursday.
Neither of the Big Apple spellers made it, but Zachary Zagorski of Oceanside is in, as is Michael Sun of Paramus.
Their formidable opponents include Kavya Shivashankar and Sidharth Chand as well as Kennyi "The Giggler" Aouad, Keiko Bridwell, Neetu Chandak, third-grader Sriram Hathwar, Josephine Kao, Kyle Mou, Mouctika Paluri, Aishwarya Pastapur, Avvinash Radakrishnan, and Vaibhav Vavilala.
Here's Kennyi from 2007.
Source (4:07)
Neither of the Big Apple spellers made it, but Zachary Zagorski of Oceanside is in, as is Michael Sun of Paramus.
Their formidable opponents include Kavya Shivashankar and Sidharth Chand as well as Kennyi "The Giggler" Aouad, Keiko Bridwell, Neetu Chandak, third-grader Sriram Hathwar, Josephine Kao, Kyle Mou, Mouctika Paluri, Aishwarya Pastapur, Avvinash Radakrishnan, and Vaibhav Vavilala.
Here's Kennyi from 2007.
Source (4:07)
National Spelling Bee 2009: Round 3
The difficulty level went up noticeably in this round, which can be viewed as the filter that separates the studiers from the others.
Locally, Thomas Harkins chalked up another win with misogynist but Talia Weisberg was nipped in the bud by glomerulate. Zachary Zagorski did fantastically by urisk while Joshua Casquejo took Pelham for a rebound from his Round 2 setback.
Kavya Shivanshankar continued to show her growth with mesophilic. And Sidharth Chand enjoyed a sweet victory with springerle.
Delegation-wise, the Florida spellers seem pretty strong....
For more coverage, check out A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago.
Locally, Thomas Harkins chalked up another win with misogynist but Talia Weisberg was nipped in the bud by glomerulate. Zachary Zagorski did fantastically by urisk while Joshua Casquejo took Pelham for a rebound from his Round 2 setback.
Kavya Shivanshankar continued to show her growth with mesophilic. And Sidharth Chand enjoyed a sweet victory with springerle.
Delegation-wise, the Florida spellers seem pretty strong....
For more coverage, check out A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago.
National Spelling Bee 2009: Round 2
Our local talent did pretty well in Round 2, which is still ongoing.
Thomas Harkins vulcanized illogical, Talia Weisberg built up prefabricate, and Zachary Zagorski dug indignant. But Joshua Casquejo was floored by parquet, so he could be in trouble.
Also of note in this round: Multiple returnee Kavya Shivashankar retained her following with disciples and returnee Sidharth Chand took control of chaotic.
For more commentary, there's always A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago.
Thomas Harkins vulcanized illogical, Talia Weisberg built up prefabricate, and Zachary Zagorski dug indignant. But Joshua Casquejo was floored by parquet, so he could be in trouble.
Also of note in this round: Multiple returnee Kavya Shivashankar retained her following with disciples and returnee Sidharth Chand took control of chaotic.
For more commentary, there's always A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago.
National Spelling Bee 2009: Local Heroes
Welcome to coverage of this year's National Spelling Bee!
Representing the Big Apple are Brooklyn's Thomas J. Harkins...
...and Manhattan's Talia Weisberg.
Other area notables are West New York's Joshua Casquejo...
...and returnee Zachary Zagorski of Oceanside!
Representing the Big Apple are Brooklyn's Thomas J. Harkins...
...and Manhattan's Talia Weisberg.
Other area notables are West New York's Joshua Casquejo...
...and returnee Zachary Zagorski of Oceanside!
Friday, May 30, 2008
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE ROUNDS 6 AND 7
Oh, nice try, Zachary Zagorski! Congrats on making it to Round 6—but next time don't spell chrystocrene c-r-y-s-t-a-c-r-e-n-e.
Still in the game after 7 rounds: the formidable Kavya Shivashankar (pholidosis, allotriophagy) and Tia Thomas (ptarmic, canicular).
Tia is one of three spellers remaining from the strong California delegation, which also includes Austin Pineda (zeppelin, dispendious, Zanzibari, tombolo, oleocellosis, torii) and Justin Song (perlustrate, oppugn, bariolage, crenitic, duroc, trophallactic), who speaks a lot like a character on King of the Hill. No other state has had as many spellers go this far in this year's bee. (This California domination makes me think of the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest.)
See 'em all duke it out during primetime tonight!
Oh, nice try, Zachary Zagorski! Congrats on making it to Round 6—but next time don't spell chrystocrene c-r-y-s-t-a-c-r-e-n-e.
Still in the game after 7 rounds: the formidable Kavya Shivashankar (pholidosis, allotriophagy) and Tia Thomas (ptarmic, canicular).
Tia is one of three spellers remaining from the strong California delegation, which also includes Austin Pineda (zeppelin, dispendious, Zanzibari, tombolo, oleocellosis, torii) and Justin Song (perlustrate, oppugn, bariolage, crenitic, duroc, trophallactic), who speaks a lot like a character on King of the Hill. No other state has had as many spellers go this far in this year's bee. (This California domination makes me think of the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest.)
See 'em all duke it out during primetime tonight!
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE 2008: ROUND FIVE
The Canadians fell en masse. When the dust settles you will see that they took Neil Michael Alacha with them. The word cholent got him stewed.
That leaves Zachary Zagorski as New York's last hope. I'm too busy to do the vast research that would reveal the meaning of his word, schnecke. Is it snail? Anyone want to help me with this one?
Also still in the running: Kavya Shivashankar (Krummholz) and fellow returnee Tia Thomas (mcleod). No time to look 'em up right now...though Krummholz looks awfully familiar...from last year?
The Canadians fell en masse. When the dust settles you will see that they took Neil Michael Alacha with them. The word cholent got him stewed.
That leaves Zachary Zagorski as New York's last hope. I'm too busy to do the vast research that would reveal the meaning of his word, schnecke. Is it snail? Anyone want to help me with this one?
Also still in the running: Kavya Shivashankar (Krummholz) and fellow returnee Tia Thomas (mcleod). No time to look 'em up right now...though Krummholz looks awfully familiar...from last year?
Thursday, May 29, 2008
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE: ROUND FOUR
New Jersey's Tisya Mavurum is out, felled by oakum. But still in the game are New York's Neil Michael Alacha (very gutsy on visceroptosis) and Zachary Zagorski (dancing off with abrazo).
Also still in the running: returnee Kansan Kavya Shivashankar (mobilometer, sufflaminate, bizarrerie).
New Jersey's Tisya Mavurum is out, felled by oakum. But still in the game are New York's Neil Michael Alacha (very gutsy on visceroptosis) and Zachary Zagorski (dancing off with abrazo).
Also still in the running: returnee Kansan Kavya Shivashankar (mobilometer, sufflaminate, bizarrerie).
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE 2008: ROUND THREE
Area spellers Neil Michael Alacha (Scholars' Academy/Neponsit) and Zachary Zagorski (Oceanside Middle School/Rockville Centre) made it into Round Three and survived, spelling delectus and auctorial respectively.
And Tisya Mavuram of Neptune, New Jersey qualified for Round Four with teratism.
Area spellers Neil Michael Alacha (Scholars' Academy/Neponsit) and Zachary Zagorski (Oceanside Middle School/Rockville Centre) made it into Round Three and survived, spelling delectus and auctorial respectively.
And Tisya Mavuram of Neptune, New Jersey qualified for Round Four with teratism.
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE 2008: ROUND TWO
The "locals" who made it to this year's competition include
As usual, the coverage is great at A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago. If I understand the scoring, it's possible that the above New Yorkers might all make it into Round Three. We'll see.
The "locals" who made it to this year's competition include
Neil Michael Alacha (Scholars' Academy/Neponsit)In Round Two, Neil put each letter of rubricate in its proper place, but Allyne made a bloody mess out of serology. Yassine failed to fly with tetrapteran, yet Zachary zapped affiliate.
Allyn Mendoza Pasiliao (Saint Ignatius Loyola School/New York City)
Yassine El Yousfi (Longfellow Middle School/Mount Vernon)
Zachary Zagorski (Oceanside Middle School/Rockville Centre)
As usual, the coverage is great at A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago. If I understand the scoring, it's possible that the above New Yorkers might all make it into Round Three. We'll see.
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