Lakewood Girl Continues To Semifinals In National Spelling Bee
OXON HILL, Md. (CBS4) - A 12-year-old girl from Lakewood has qualified for the semifinals in the 88th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Sylvie Lamontagne, a seventh grader at Creighton Middle School, will compete in the fourth round on Thursday in Maryland.
The contest started with 285 spellers.
#speller29 7th grader Sylvie Lamontagne (CO) spelled the word 'eutrophic' (adjective used to describe lakes) correctly #spellingbee
— Scripps National Spelling Bee (@ScrippsBee) May 27, 2015
Among the words Lamontagne spelled correctly was eutrophic, which is adjective used to describe lakes.
The students are competing for top honors and more than $37,000 in cash and other prizes.
Colorado had another contestant -- Cameron Keith from Boulder -- but he didn't qualify for the semifinals.
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