Photos: Austin advances spellers
Published 5:28 pm Wednesday, January 15, 2020
- Seventh-grader Michael Fuentes concentrates on a word in the first round.
Eighth-grader Eeva Nelson took first place during the Austin Public Schools Spelling Bee Wednesday on the championship word “lugubrious.” Eighth-grader Peyton Clark was second after a 10-round spell-off with Nelson. Eighth-grader Bhan Kerjiok was third.
Nelson and Clark will represent Austin Public Schools at the Regional Spelling Bee at 9 p.m. on Feb. 11 in Rochester with Bhan serving as an alternate.
Aubrey Ruzek spells a word under the lights of the Ellis Middle School auditorium during the Austin Public Schools Spelling Bee Wednesday morning.
Fifth-grader Snow Due listens for her word in the second round.
