NASSAU, Bahamas — Ten-year-old Lyford Cay International School student Roy Seligman emerged victorious at the 22nd Bahamas National Spelling Bee at Atlantis yesterday, beating competitors by spelling “queendom” correctly, the Nassau Guardian reported March 11.
This was Roy’s first year participating in the event.
The win came in the 15th round, after almost two and a half hours of competition.
“[It feels] amazing,” said Roy, clutching his first-place trophy.
He added: “I trained hard and I studied lots of words. [Yesterday], I reviewed words… I took some breaks to let the words sink in and then I went back to work.”
Roy said “scrapple” was the hardest word he was asked to spell during the competition.
“I was confused on that one,” he said.
Roy’s mother, Nuala Seligman, said she did not expect yesterday’s win.
“I’m so proud and in a state of shock,” she said. “I can’t even believe it. He was working hard from the beginning of the process. He had very stiff competition. We were not expecting, we were not expecting to be placed at all. He worked consistently, but he had good luck and others had bad luck. At the end of the day, it comes down to luck.” https://thenassauguardian.com/2019/03/11/lyford-cay-student-10-wins-natl-spelling-bee/
