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82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee

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Date
  
May 26-29, 2009

Age
  
13

Sponsor
  
The Olathe News

Winner
  
Kavya Shivashankar

Residence
  
Olathe, Kansas

82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee

Location
  
Grand Hyatt Washington, Washington, D.C.

The 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee took place between May 26, 2009, and May 28, 2009, and involved 293 participants.

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Champion

The winner was Kavya Shivashankar. Her winning word was Laodicean. She was sponsored by The Olathe News. She won $35,000 in cash and more than $5,000 in prizes. The runners-up were Aishwarya Pastapur, who misspelled menhir, and Tim Ruiter, who misspelled Maecenas. This was Kavya's fourth appearance in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Six of the top ten spellers, including the winner, were Indian-American.

The standings were as follows:

  • 1. Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas.
  • 2. (tie) Tim A. Ruiter of Centreville, Virginia.
  • 2. (tie) Aishwarya Eshwar Pastapur of Springfield, Illinois.
  • 4. Kyle M. Mou of Peoria, Illinois.
  • 5. (tie) Anamika Veeramani of North Royalton, Ohio
  • 5. (tie) Kennyi Kwaku Aouad of Terre Haute, Indiana.
  • 5. (tie) Ramya Auroprem of San Jose, California.
  • 8. (tie) Neetu Chandak of Seneca Falls, New York.
  • 8. (tie) Sidharth Chand of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
  • 8. (tie) Serena Skye Laine-Lobsinger of West Palm Beach, Florida.
  • 11. Tussah Heera Adi of Las Vegas, Nevada.

    • TV coverage

    The Championship Finals aired live on ABC from 8:00 PM to shortly after 10:00 p.m. EDT and were hosted by Tom Bergeron.

    References

    82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee Wikipedia
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