Finals are Set

Fri, May 30, 2008 - 1:26 PM

2:34 p.m.

The final 12 have been selected.

After just more than two hours of spelling the field of 45 is now a dozen spellers.

The finalists are, in order of their speller number. Their sponsor and the word they spelled correctly to advance is listed here:

7. Samia Nawaz, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas, pyrrhotism
13. Tia Thomas, Sierra Telephone/Mountain Home School, Coarsegold, California, canicular
16. Austin Pineda, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California, torii
19. Justin Song, The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California, trophallactic
84. Kyle Mou, Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois, bulbul
88. Rose Sloan, Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, Illinois, pruritus
97. Sameer Mishra, Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, macédoine
107. Kavya Shivashankar, The Olathe News, Olathe, Kansas, allotriophagy
136. Sidharth Chand, The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan, picry
140. Catherine "Cat" Cojocaru, Forum Communications Company, Fargo, North Dakota, anticum
197. Scott Remer, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, oceanodromous
218. Jahnavi Iyer, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania galeate

For results ands words from all rounds go here.

--Neil H. Simon