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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.)
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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!