Kirsten Santos, 12, and Surya Kapu, 14, were the only returning finalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. They’d tied for fifth place. Each wanted to win this year.
of the bell signaling doom for some, while others moved forward. Soon, it was 14-year-old Surya Kapu’s turn.
Seated on the other side of the stage at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor, Surya was dressed in a T-shirt and Puma sneakers in his lucky color — a sunshiny yellow. He had worn the same hue at the first local
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