Family spelling tradition ends at Round 2 for Wash. speller
Submitted on June 1, 2006 - 12:00am.
Austin B. Bogues - Hampton Short Course 2006
WASHINGTON - Daniel Hageman fell short in his quest to win the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday.
Unlike 104 other spellers, he correctly spelled the word given to him in Round 2, the competition's first oral round. After asking for the definition of the word, einkorn, a type of wheat, he quickly spelled it out.
But that wasn't enough. The home-schooled 14-year-old from Port Orchard, Wash., answered 15 out of 25 questions right on the Round 1 written test. He got a point for each of those words and 3 for the oral round, but competitors needed 21 points to advance to Round 3.
Unlike 104 other spellers, he correctly spelled the word given to him in Round 2, the competition's first oral round. After asking for the definition of the word, einkorn, a type of wheat, he quickly spelled it out.
But that wasn't enough. The home-schooled 14-year-old from Port Orchard, Wash., answered 15 out of 25 questions right on the Round 1 written test. He got a point for each of those words and 3 for the oral round, but competitors needed 21 points to advance to Round 3.
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