{"id":828,"date":"2026-05-26T12:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:07:15","slug":"two-colorado-wordsmiths-are-competing-in-scripps-national-spelling-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"Two Colorado wordsmiths are competing in Scripps National Spelling Bee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Two Colorado wordsmiths begin their journey at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday morning, competing among nearly 250 of the nation\u2019s best young verbivores.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=826\">Rachael Rudel uses late surge to finish as top American in Bolder Boulder women\u2019s pro race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nikhil Ganta, a sixth-grader at Fort Collins\u2019 Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School, advanced to the national contest after sparring for 55 rounds to clinch the win at the 86th annual Denver Post Colorado State Spelling Bee in March.<\/p>\n<p>Nikhil, 12, of Timnath, told The Post after his win that when he wasn\u2019t browsing the dictionary, he enjoyed playing cricket, reading mystery novels, skiing and competing in math olympiads.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Li, a seventh-grader from Boulder\u2019s Summit Middle Charter School who won the Boulder Valley School District\u2019s regional bee, will join Nikhil at the competition held outside Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=824\">Four-star receiver commits to Colorado Buffs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Derek, 13, is a standout speller, he told Scripps that his love of math shines just as bright, as evidenced by his perfect score on the American Mathematics Competition 8 test.<\/p>\n<p>The Scripps National Spelling Bee stretches from Tuesday through Thursday as kids participate in three rounds per day \u2014 a mix of spelling, vocabulary tests and written assessments \u2014 until they\u2019re knocked out of the bee.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, viewers can watch the preliminaries streamed on Scripps Sports Network from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time. The same network will stream the quarterfinals from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday. The semifinals will air on the ION network at 6 p.m. Mountain Time on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=822\">Kenya\u2019s Patrick Kiprop wins Bolder Boulder pro race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The finals will air on ION at 6 p.m. Mountain Time on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our Mile High Roundup email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Colorado wordsmiths &#8212; Nikhil Ganta, a sixth-grader at Fort Collins\u2019 Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School, and Derek Li, a seventh-grader from Boulder&#8217;s Summit Middle Charter School &#8212; begin their journey at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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