Oxon Hill, Md:
The youngest speller in National Spelling Bee history says she knew the word that she misspelled onstage. But she was too tired, bored and stressed out to concentrate when she stepped to the microphone.
Six-year-old Lori Anne Madison of Lake Ridge, Va., fell four points short of making the semifinals at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. If she had spelled "ingluvies" correctly during Wednesday's preliminary rounds and gotten one more word correct on a computer test, she would have achieved a qualifying score.
Lori Anne said Thursday morning she was disappointed that she misspelled the word. She says she's excited to compete in the bee again next year.
But she didn't enjoy sitting on stage. She said her hour-and-a-half wait to spell "seemed like two millennia."
Six-year-old Lori Anne Madison of Lake Ridge, Va., fell four points short of making the semifinals at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. If she had spelled "ingluvies" correctly during Wednesday's preliminary rounds and gotten one more word correct on a computer test, she would have achieved a qualifying score.
Lori Anne said Thursday morning she was disappointed that she misspelled the word. She says she's excited to compete in the bee again next year.
But she didn't enjoy sitting on stage. She said her hour-and-a-half wait to spell "seemed like two millennia."
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