HOUSTON – Tuesday is the first onstage oral competition for the 92nd National Spelling Bee.
There are 565 spellers in the 2019 competition, and of those, 11 are from the Houston area.
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Here is a look at those locals competing on the national stage:
Saran Sundar
Speller No. 390
From: Cypress, Texas
School: Spillane Middle School
Benjamin Chen
Speller No. 371
From: Beaumont, Texas
School: Marshall Middle School
Rodolfo Plata
Speller No. 563
From: Magnolia, Texas
School: Magnolia Parkway Elementary School
Siddharth Satish
Speller No. 560
From: Sugar Land, Texas
School: Fort Settlement Middle School
Trisha Balakrishnan
Speller No. 559
From: Houston, Texas
School: Briargrove Elementary School
Keerthana Krishnan
Speller No. 545
From: Katy, Texas
School: Beckendorff Junior High School
Sahana Gade
Speller No. 537
From: Sugar Land, Texas
School: Walker Station Elementary School
Sankalp Gautam
Speller No. 482
From: College Station, Texas
School: Houston Public Media
Eshaan Mani
Speller No. 466
From: Sugar Land, Texas
School: The Kinkaid School
Rishab Subramanya
Speller No. 479
From: Houston, Texas
School: T.H. Rogers Middle School
Leah Li
Speller No. 480
From: Spring, Texas
School: Hassler Elementary School