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Scripps National Spelling Bee: Our Foster City Contestant
The 92nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee is nearly here. See the whiz-kid from Foster City.
FOSTER CITY, CA — The 92nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee is nearly here and there is a whiz kid from Foster City who plans to compete this year. More than 560 children from all 50 states will vie for a shot at becoming the nation’s preeminent speller.
Preliminary multiple-choice tests will be held Monday, May 27. Onstage spelling competitions will be held all day the following Tuesday and Wednesday, with finalists competing Thursday, May 30. No more than 50 spellers will advance to the finals Thursday.
Interested viewers can watch every word Wednesday on the Watch ESPN app. On Thursday, finalists will begin spelling on stage at 10 a.m. Eastern Time and this part of the competition will air live on ESPN 2. After the field is narrowed down to roughly a dozen finalists, ESPN will air the spelling bee finals live Thursday night.
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The event will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The champion will receive a $50,000 prize.
From Foster City, Nicole Yang will attempt to best her peers when it comes to spelling. Yang is 10 and attends Foster City Elementary School. She is in 5th grade and says she loves to ski in Tahoe for fun.
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Good luck, Nicole!
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Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.
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