May 26, 2016
By Michael Collins
National Harbor, Md. – Erin Howard of Huntsville, Ala., (click here) was the first speller to compete in Round 4 of the Scripps Nationaol Spelling Bee on Thursday --- and the first to fall.
The 11-year-old misspelled “Cheltenham,” which refers to a large family of printing types, at the 89th annual bee. Erin spelled it “Chelotnam.”
The bee opened Tuesday with 284 contestants, but only 45 went on to compete on Thursday.
Although 171 spellers were error-free in their on-stage performance Wednesday, many didn't do well enough to advance to Thursday's rounds because of their score on a written test taken Tuesday....
By Michael Collins
National Harbor, Md. – Erin Howard of Huntsville, Ala., (click here) was the first speller to compete in Round 4 of the Scripps Nationaol Spelling Bee on Thursday --- and the first to fall.
The 11-year-old misspelled “Cheltenham,” which refers to a large family of printing types, at the 89th annual bee. Erin spelled it “Chelotnam.”
The bee opened Tuesday with 284 contestants, but only 45 went on to compete on Thursday.
Although 171 spellers were error-free in their on-stage performance Wednesday, many didn't do well enough to advance to Thursday's rounds because of their score on a written test taken Tuesday....
