NATIONAL HARBOR, MD: New Yorker Jairam Jagadeesh Hathwar, 13, and 11-year-old Texan Nihar Saireddy Janga have won the 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee here on May 26.. This is the ninth successive time Indian American spellers have won the prestigious championship. The final word Janga spelled correctly was “Gesellschaft,” while Hathwar spelled “feldenkrais” right. Janga, a fifth-grader at River Ridge...
Elementary School in Austin, TX, became the youngest champion in the history of the competition. It was his first Bee. “I am speechless, I am only in fifth grade,” said Janga, when asked about his reaction. “I just want to go home and start playing video games.” Hathwar is the second member of his family to become a Bee champion. His brother Sriram won the contest in 2014. “When [Sriram] won the Spelling Bee, it was such an inspiration to do it,” Jairam said. The two champions, who received the Scripps National Spelling Bee engraved trophy, will also get a $40,000 cash prize.
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