(National Harbor, MD) — Two Utah teens are in Maryland today to begin competition in the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Luke Jeppesen and Surya Kapu are among the 231 competitors who will begin the preliminary round of competition today. The two entrants from Utah are both 14-years-old and are […]

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OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — A speller has been reinstated into the Scripps National Spelling Bee field after successfully appealing that he was denied relevant root information about a word. Thirteen-year-old Surya Kapu of South Jordan, Utah, misspelled “leucovorin” during Wednesday night’s last semifinal round. Surya’s family appealed, arguing that […]

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