Jairam Hathwar of Painted Post reaches the National Spelling Bee semifinals ~ Competition resumes today at 10 a.m. on ESPN2 ~ Good luck Jairam! (UPDATED at 1:07 p.m.)

Jairam Hathwar of Painted Post has reached the seminfinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland.

The competition resumes this morning at 10:00 a.m. on ESPN2.

Read more in today's Corning Leader, "Hathwar advances to Bee semifinals"

And Star-Gazette, "Jairam reaches semifinals in National Spelling Bee"

Good luck Jairam!

[UPDATED at 1:07 p.m. -- "Jairam Hathwar eliminated at National Spelling Bee"]

A great first try at the National Spelling Bee.  Something tells us that we'll see Jairam on that stage again!