Congrats to Shayley Martin, champ of the 2013 regional spelling bee
Shayley Martin, 12, of Floyd County
For the third year in a row, Shayley Martin, a 12-year-old from Floyd County, triumphed in the regional spelling bee. It was probably the longest and most grueling in the history of that match.
Saumya Sharman of Radford placed second and Abrahm Clear of Smyth County placed third. There were 17 spellers in all on the stage at the beginning.
Sponsored by The Roanoke Times, the bee went more than 40 rounds — and lasted almost 3 hours. A large chunk of those rounds were with only the three crackerjack spellers above on the stage.
Among the words that trio spelled correctly were: cynosure; jnana; blitzkrieg; taiga; fennec; intaglio; corpuscle; maraschino; witloof; gesundheit; apartheid; Baedeker; cappelletti; garcon; philhellenism; voortrekker (which is pronounced FOR-treker); and uitlander (pronounced ATE-lander). Seven of those 17 words my spell-checker is marking as misspelled, by the way.
Abram Clear went out on “figdety.” The final rounds were with only Shayley and Saumya on the stage.
Saumya Sharman finally succumbed on the word “styptic.”
Shayley correctly spelled “dowager” to claim her crown. She goes onto the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. on Memorial Day weekend. Good luck, Shayley!
Here are the words that bedeviled the other spellers Saturday.
- easel
- bamboo
- mirage
- mammoth
- yield
- cilantro
- meticulous
- falsetto
- flamboyant
- satori
- mariachi
- antipasto
- mikado
- kasha
March 16, 2013 - 2:12 PM
Congrats, Shayley and best wishes in DC! Congrats to all of the other contestants too,for making it that far.
Just curious regarding “figdety” is that how he spelled fidgety, is that how he spelled it, or did you misspell it on here.
Congrats to Shayley and all the spellers! Congrats to Dan for his enunciation skills during the event!!
I hope I spelled that right!
Floyd Countians are so proud of this special young lady! Best wishes for Nationals, Shayley.
Wow, that is impressive! Congratulations Shayley Martin! And a standing ovation to all of those brave enough and smart enough to even enter.
Is the Scripps Spelling Bee still televised? It would be great to watch her.
i’m sorry RCPS canceled the spelling bee in their 20 or so elementary schools. That was very ill-advised, especially in the poorer areas. Kids like those need a shot at excellence.
I’m sorry suzie keeps breaking her Lent vow to repeat stuff she’s said 43 times already. But I AM glad that CS and HV decided to add lacrosse last year.
I think, in this case, RCPS cancelling the spelling bee bears repeating 43 (if not many more) times. It was a massive mistake and stole a large opportunity from the students in Roanoke’s under-served institutions.
The problem in this case, MikeC,is that troll suzie doesn’t give a darn about whether or not city students have that opportunity. She just likes to make up criticisms of the city while ignoring warts elsewhere. Consider, for instance, that suzie is the poster who claimed that the city closing schools was proof of fiscal mismanagement but said nary a word when the county did the same. Or that a 2 cent meal tax in Roanoke was the end of the world that would shut down restaurants left and right while the same thing in Salem is perfectly fine.
BTW, I also think the city should have the bee, but having a bee isn’t exactly going to magically produce Harvard scholars.
Allen West, a brilliant and brave individual recently stated that “ Good deeds will outweigh words and cause the Country to be painted Red“.
Gdad….Do you actually count Suzies posts ? What am I thinking…of course you do.
And lest we forget the other brilliant sayings by FORMER republican representative:
1. “These Planned Parenthood women, the Code Pink women, and all of these women have been neutering American men and bringing us to the point of this incredible weakness…We are not going to have our men become subservient.” —Rep. Allen West (R-Fl.)
2. “West declared: “And I think that we also should be censoring the American news agencies which enabled [Julian Assange] to do this and also supported him and applauding him for the efforts.” West later claimed he only called for “censuring” the media. Either way, it would be a First Amendment violation.”
Glad he is gone – and for sure, he would have been worth “censuring” – but his 1st Amendment right to speak like a nincompoop
IMO this thread celebrating Shayley’s accomplishment should not become a political thread. Move those to another thread.
“Gdad….Do you actually count Suzies posts ?”
Aww, Awood, I’m so sorry to have fooled you. I should have realized before making up a somewhat ridiculous (athough probably not by much) imaginary number to demonstrate the fact that suzie repeats herself endlessly that you wouldn’t be able to discern I was dabbling in exaggeration to make a point. I’ll try to keep that in mind next time.
I see that #13 post by , who else, but Hillary..and she has now proven that she is a RACIST…Congressman West is a DISTINGUISHED member of the USMC. A great African American and Hillary calls him a `nincompoop`….The man put his life on the line so Hillary could have her freedoms, and she smears him with name calling….You, hillary are a blatant RACIST.
Allen West is a former marine. He is not “distinguished.” The most distinguishing feature of his military career is that he was forced out of the marines after he countenanced, and participated in, the torture of an Iraqi police officer. West was subsequently charged with Article 128 and Article 134 violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and left the service as part of the adjudication of those cases. IOW, he left the service in disgrace
Awood, there’s nothing racist in what Hillary said and she didn’t actually call West a nincompoop. She just said he spoke like one.
You should quit while you aren’t too far behind.
Dan Casey | March 17, 2013 at 11:06 am
Allen West is a former marine. He is not “distinguished.” The most distinguishing feature of his military career is that he was forced out of the marines
He is also now “ex” Congressman instead of Congressman because his
views and statements proved to be too loony tunes even for the Conservative District he was representing.
Way to threepeat Shayley! What an outstanding accomplishment.
Pay no attention to the sour grapes gallery on this thread.
You go girl!
IMO this thread celebrating Shayley’s accomplishment should not become a political thread. Move those to another thread.
Gdad can’t help himself, Debbie.