Ohio Students Compete In National Spelling Bee

By: AP | NBC4i.com
Published: May 26, 2009

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McLEAN, Va. -- Nineteen Ohio students are competing in the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, beginning at 9 a.m. today in Washington, D.C.

Only a dozen or so of the 293 spellers who have descended on the nation's capital this week will make it to finals on ABC, and a handful more will get past the written test and appear on the ESPN-televised semifinals Thursday.

For most of the rest socialization trumps competition for the more than $40,000 in cash and prizes.

Spellers who've made it this far before say they've been looking forward to seeing all the friends they met at the bee in past years.

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