“I am honored to like who represent the whole state,” Ayden said. “I am honored.”
Ayden stepped onto the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage on Tuesday and lasted through three preliminary rounds against 244 other spellers from across the country to earn himself a place in the quarterfinal round.“I am honored to like who represent the whole state,” Ayden, a soon-to-be 6th grader from Hillcrest Elementary School, said. “I am honored.”
Two months later, Ayden stepped onto the spelling stage and lasted through three preliminary rounds against 244 other spellers from across the country and earned himself a place to the quarterfinal round of the national competition. Ayden found himself as the tone-setter for all three rounds on Tuesday, taking to the microphone first each time and taking care of business with each word he was given.
After taking on the spelling of the word ‘vilipend’ in Round 1, Ayden managed to give the judges the definition for ‘analgesia’ in Round 2 before nailing the spelling of his Round 3 word liripipe to advance in the remaining group of 148.and receive the latest local news and weather straight to your email every morning.
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