Californian Wins National Spelling Bee

Charleston Gazette › June 03, 2005

Linked as:

Summary

W.Va. speller, 1C

WASHINGTON - Bursting into tears, eighth-grader Anurag Kashyap of California became the U.S. spelling champ Thursday, beating 272 other spellers in a tough two days of competition. He said he felt "just pure happiness."

See the full content of this document

Extract

Californian Wins National Spelling Bee

Anurag, 13, of Poway clinched "appoggiatura," a melodic tone, to take home some $30,000 in prizes. He won in ...

See the full content of this document