89th Scripps National Spelling Bee
89th Scripps National Spelling Bee | |
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Date | May 24–26, 2016 |
Location | Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland |
Winner | Jairam Hathwar Nihar Janga (co-winners) |
Age | 13 (Hathwar) 11 (Janga) |
Residence | Painted Post, New York (Hathwar) Austin, Texas (Janga) |
Sponsor | Corning Rotary Club (Hathwar)[1] Houston Public Media (Janga)[2][3] |
Sponsor location | Corning, New York (Hathwar) Houston, Texas (Janga) |
Winning word | Feldenkrais (Hathwar) gesellschaft (Janga) |
No. of contestants | 284 |
Pronouncer | Jacques Bailly |
Preceded by | 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee |
Followed by | 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee |
The 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland (its sixth year at this location) on May 24–26, 2016.[4][5]
Competition
[edit]The competition began with 284 contestants (143 boys and 141 girls), winnowed down from 11 million students who participated in local bees around the country.[6] The age range of the spellers was 6 to 15, 70 of whom were making repeat appearances. 29 spellers were relatives of prior contestants.[6] For the first time, a first-grader qualified, 6-year old Akash Vukoti of Texas.[7][8]
On Tuesday May 24, all contestants took a written test. Then, on May 25, 34 contestants were eliminated when they missed their first word in the first oral round, leaving 251 spellers.[9] By late on May 25, the field had been reduced to 171. After the written scores were added, the field was further reduced to 45 finalists.[7][10]
The final rounds were held on May 26, beginning with the 45 finalists.[11] After round 4, only 21 spellers were left,[7] and after round 7 there were 10.[12]
Notwithstanding efforts to avoid a third year running of inseparable co-winners (see below), Jairam Hathwar and Nihar Janga were declared co-champions after 24 championship rounds.[13][14]
Co-champion Nihar Janga, at age 11, was the first winner since 2002 to win in his first appearance at the national bee.[15] Jairam Hathwar became the second sibling of a past champion (his brother Sriram Hathwar was co-champion in 2014) to win the competition.[16]
Thirteen-year old Snehaa Ganesh Kumar of Folsom, California placed third, falling on "usucapion" in the 16th round, the first championship round.[17][18] Sylvie Lamontagne of Lakewood, Colorado, also 13, placed fourth, missing "chaoborine" in the 15th round.[15] The final four outlasted all other competitors by a full four rounds. Other finalists, in order, included Smrithi Upadhyayula, Rutvik Gandhasri, Cooper Komatsu, Sreeniketh Vogoti, Mitchell Robson, and Jashun Paluru.
Changes this year
[edit]After two consecutive years where the Bee ended in a tie, it was announced in April 2016 that harder words would be used in the final rounds.[19]
The first place prize this year was increased to $40,000 from $30,000, second to $30,000 and third to $20,000.[19]
Word list championship round
[edit]- myoclonus (Komatsu)
- pneumatomachy (Kumar)
- hirundine (Gandhasri)
- comitatus (Lamontagne)
- moshav (Vogoti)
- vasopressin (Paluru) (miss)
- esquisse (Robson)
- chaussure (Hathwar)
- epistaxis (Upadhyayula)
- galago (Janga)
- illicium (Komatsu) (miss)
- chubasco (Kumar)
- guyot (Gandhasri)
- panachure (Lamontagne)
- palagonite (Vogoti) (miss)
- Wehrmacht (Robson) (miss)
- ptyxis (Hathwar)
- levirate (Upadhyayula)
- lovat (Janga)
- soogee (Kumar)
- betony (Gandhasri) (miss)
- Venetic (Lamontagne)
- amanitin (Hathwar)
- chalazion (Upadhyayula)
- hypozeuxis (Janga)
- rhinolophid (Kumar)
- ptyalism (Lamontagne)
- calamistrum (Hathwar)
- theriaca (Upadhyayula) (miss)
- iiwi (Janga)
- prochoos (Kumar)
- shubunkin (Lamontagne)
- epergne (Hathwar)
- gisant (Janga)
- poitrel (Kumar)
- kakiemon (Lamontagne)
- caracal (Hathwar)
- bailliage (Janga)
- aplustre (Kumar)
- ekka (Lamontagne)
- Collyridian (Hathwar)
- quillon (Janga)
- nasaump (Kumar)
- chaoborine (Lamontagne) (miss)
- launeddas (Hathwar)
- berceuse (Janga)
- usucapion (Kumar) (miss)
- geländesprung (Hathwar)
- schepen (Janga)
- achalasia (Hathwar)
- cypraeiform (Janga)
- ripieno (Hathwar)
- melilot (Janga)
- lerot (Hathwar)
- giallolino (Janga)
- harmattan (Hathwar)
- appetitost (Janga)
- fothergilla (Hathwar)
- ergataner (Janga)
- keurboom(Hathwar)
- biniou (Janga)
- gyttja (Hathwar)
- taoiseach (Janga)
- chremslach (Hathwar)
- uintjie (Janga)
- whau (Hathwar)
- gerrhosaurid (Janga)
- drahthaar (Hathwar) (miss)
- rafraîchissoir (Janga)
- ayacahuite (Janga) (miss)
- doab (Hathwar)
- promyshlennik (Janga)
- lygaeid (Hathwar)
- écorché (Janga)
- krausen (Hathwar)
- villancico (Janga)
- myiasis (Hathwar)
- parinari (Janga)
- Stymphalian (Hathwar)
- ynambu (Janga)
- pavonazzetto (Hathwar)
- phulkari (Janga)
- Kjeldahl (Hathwar)
- haab (Janga)
- guignolet (Hathwar)
- Hohenzollern (Janga)
- juamave (Hathwar)
- Groenendael (Janga)
- Mischsprache (Hathwar) (miss)
- tetradrachm (Janga) (miss)
- zindiq (Hathwar)
- euchologion (Janga)
- Feldenkrais (Hathwar)
- gesellschaft (Janga)
References
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- ^ Finalists (2016), spellingbee.com, Retrieved 26 May 2016
- ^ (18 May 2016). ‘SportsCenter’ anchor Kevin Negandhi to host finals of Scripps National Spelling Bee on ESPN, American Bazaar
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- ^ Farrington, Dana (26 May 2016). Another Year, Another Impasse As 2 Win Scripps National Spelling Bee, The Two-Way, NPR, retrieved 26 May 2016
- ^ Tumlty, Brian (27 May 2016). Painted Post seventh-grader Jairam Hathwar is national bee co-champion, Democrat and Chronicle
- ^ a b Nuckols, Ben (28 May 2016). National Spelling Bee co-champions include youngest ever, Associated Press
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- ^ Nuckols, Ben (27 May 2016). National Spelling Bee ends in its unlikeliest tie to date, Associated Press
- ^ Musal, Steve (27 May 2016). California teen Snehaa Ganesh Kumar takes third in Spelling Bee, MedillDC
- ^ a b Mele, Christopher (22 April 2016). Harder Words Await Competitors at National Spelling Bee, The New York Times