As we showed you at the top of the news, the PSE results are in, and we got a chance to speak to some of the top performers today. And today was also, the finals for the 2013 Coca Cola National Spelling Bee was held in Belmopan – where we got to see some of the top spellers.
The first and second place winners from each district converged at the UB Gymnasium where they went up against each other for the finals.
After 4 hours of spelling words most of us never heard before, a new winner was declared, when Eriean (pronounced Eri-an) Jang spelt the word "baldachin". Here's how she explained her performance:
Eriean Jang - Winner 2013 National Spelling Bee Finals
"It was fun, exciting and great but I was a little stressed out because I had to study a lot."
Daniel Ortiz
"Tell us about qualifying and participating in the finals. How was the first spelling bee for you and having to qualify to get here."
Eriean Jang
"It was very easy but it was like I was climbing a step and some of the times while I was going up I had some troubles."
Daniel Ortiz
"How was it today? Give us an idea of some of the difficulties of the word you had to deal with."
Eriean Jang
"Today was fun again and exciting and it was awesome. Sometimes the words were really tricky and hard when you have to double some letters and some of the different ways to spell it."
Daniel Ortiz
"On the final round - how was it for you when it came down the the reserve. How did you deal with that? I know they don't give you that list because they want to surprise you to see how you respond under pressure."
Eriean Jang
"It was kind of hard a lot but after a while I just started to cool down."
Daniel Ortiz
"How long did it take you to prepare for this? I'm very sure you're exhausted by all the studying of all the words you needed to do."
Eriean Jang
"Every free time that I had I used it to study and sometimes when I was in class they took me out and helped me to study."
Second Place was Britney Rosalez from Caledonia RC School, who was too nervous to speak with us, and Hilda Saki from St. Benedict RC School. Because she won first place, Jang was awarded with a Dell laptop, external speakers, a flash drive, and an HP printer. Her school, Sacred Heart RC, was also awarded a desktop computer and printer.
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