MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Last year’s runner up is this year’s champion in the Badger State Spelling Bee.
The State Journal reports 13-year-old New Berlin Middle School eight-grader Ethan Robert clinched the win in the bee’s 14th round Saturday at Madison College, correctly spelling the insect name “katydid,” and the champion word “analphabet,” meaning someone who doesn’t know the alphabet.
He’ll join Arnav Vempati, an eighth grader at Kromrey Elementary School in Middleton, at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 26-28 in Washington, D.C.