Vindy spelling champ knocked out of contention in national bee

Staff report

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD.

Annabelle Day won’t advance to the semifinal rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Annabelle, 13,correctly spelled and defined words in today’s preliminary rounds of the national bee. Her score on a written portion of the test though, knocked her out of contention.

Only 49 spellers advanced to Thursday's semifinals.

Annabelle was one of 285 spellers from across the U.S., American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Canada, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, South Korea and Department of Defense Schools in Europe in the national contest.

Read more on the event in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.