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3 Bay Area Students Among 11 Finalists at National Spelling Bee

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The Bay Area is well-represented in the finals of this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Three local students – seventh grader Dhruv Subramanian, 12, of Windemere Ranch Middle School in San Ramon, eighth grader Vikrant Chintanaboina, 14, of Discovery Charter School - Falcon Campus in San Jose, and seventh grader Shradha Rachamreddy, 13, of BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Upper School in San Jose – are among the 11 finalists competing to be crowned spelling champion Thursday night.

The Bay Area is well-represented in the finals of this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee.

All three competitors are sponsored by the San Ramon Valley Rotary Club.

Thursday's final is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

Two Bay Area spellers have won the competition in the past: Evan M. O’Dorney in 2007 and Rishik Gandhasri in 2019.

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