R E I N S T A T E D: South Jordan speller reinstated into National Spelling Bee after appeal. If he spells one word correctly, he'll be in tonight's Finals.
OXON HILL, Md. — A Utah speller has been reinstated into the Scripps National Spelling Bee field after successfully appealing that he was denied relevant root information about a word.
Thirteen-year-old Surya Kapu of South Jordan is one of three students from Utah who qualified for this year's Bee in the nation's capital.Surya misspelled “leucovorin” during Wednesday night's last semifinal round. Surya’s family appealed, arguing that Scripps omitted details when he asked a question about the word’s roots. Scripps says in a statement its judges met for roughly two hours before reinstating Surya late Wednesday night.
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