Sabre Springs seventh-grader Mihir Konkapaka tied for 74th place out of 231 contestants in the annual contest to find America's top young speller
wound up tied for 74th place out of 231 contestants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, held outside Washington, D.C. He was among 48 spellers eliminated in the fourth round.This was the Mesa Verde Middle School seventh-grader’s second trip to the storied competition, which attracts spellers from across the country. Last year, he finished tied for 89th place after missing a word in the third round, “antiphonal.” It refers to something played or sung by two groups in turn.
He was attempting to be the third speller from San Diego County to be crowned national champion. Anurag Kashyap, an eighth-grader from Meadowbrook Middle School in Poway, won the bee in 2005. Snigdha Nandipati, a Francis Parker School eighth-grader, captured the title in 2012.has had six champions from California. Texas has had the most winners, 16, followed by Ohio with nine, Pennsylvania with eight, and Colorado and Tennessee with seven.
This year’s winner will be crowned Thursday night and will receive $50,000 in cash and other prizes. Mihir and the other quarter-finalists each receive a commemorative pin and a $100 gift card. He has another year of eligibility if he chooses to compete again next year, when he will be in the eighth grade. Contestants can’t have passed beyond that grade level.
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