The best young spellers in the county will compete in The Topeka Capital-Journals 58th annual Shawnee County Spelling Bee at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Whitson Elementary School Auditorium, 1725 S.W. Arnold.
Approximately 75 students are registered to compete in the oral spelldown.
The county champion and runner-up will win the right to represent Shawnee County at The Topeka Capital-Journals 58th annual Regional Spelling Bee at Topeka West High School on March 5. The winner of the regional bee will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee on June 1-2 in Washington, D.C.
The 2011 Shawnee County spellers are:
Auburn Elementary: Malcom Davis, 6th grade; Jacob Eaton, 5th grade
Avondale East Elementary: Jaclyn Dougan Redmond, 5th grade
Avondale West Elementary: Alynne Kettler, 5th grade; Estella McCall, 4th grade
Berryton Elementary: Jonathan Boyd, 5th grade; Calvin Teater, 5th grade
Bishop Elementary School: Haley Piper, 4th grade
Cair Paravel Latin School: Hannah Scheufler, 8th grade
Christ the King Catholic School: Jake Bernard, 7th grade
Farley Elementary: Krystal Cheung, 6th grade; Kyle Peter, 6th grade
French Middle School: Nate Magers, 7th grade
Heritage Christian School: Emili Folster, 7th grade
Highland Park Central Elementary: Christian Garcia-Emery, 4th grade
Holy Family Catholic School: Hailey Hobart, 8th grade
Indian Hills Elementary: Dexter Pierson, 4th grade; Michael Wheeler, 5th grade
Jardine Middle School: Dele Adegbore, 7th grade; Daniel DeGroff, 7th grade; Donald Hinkle, 7th grade; Dalton Imhoff-Brey, 6th grade; Lillian Wen, 6th grade
Jay Shideler Elementary: Siddhanth Hegde, 6th grade; Noah Leenerts, 6th grade
Landon Middle School: Skyler Bergerhofer, 6th grade; Jennifer Clark, 7th grade; Jacob Simmons, 6th grade
Lowman Hill Elementary: Kassandra Suarez, 4th grade
Lundgren Elementary: Dylan Gabehart, 4th grade
Mater Dei Catholic School: Alexandra Lyle, 8th grade
McEachron Elementary: Ryann Green, 5th grade
Most Pure Heart of Mary: Matthew Davidson, 6th grade; Tressa DeKat, 8th grade
Pauline South Intermediate: Tyler Duchesneau, 5th grade
Quincy Elementary: Jadelyn White, 5th grade
Randolph Elementary: Aolani Lewis, 5th grade
Robinson Middle School: Logan Blackwell, 6th grade; Bailey Garcia, 8th grade; Ora Kleckner, 6th grade; Maggie Miller, 8th grade; Lucas Ryan, 8th grade; Tom Teter, 6th grade; Forrest Wright, 8th grade
Rossville Grade School: Jamie Brockamp, 5th grade
Scott Computer Technology Magnet School: Cody Bersterman, 5th grade
Seaman Middle School: Ashley Rarrick, 7th grade; Michael Requejo, 8th grade
Shawnee Heights Elementary: Nicholas James, 6th grade; Tyler Price, 6th grade
Shawnee Heights Middle School: Maddy Foster, 7th grade; Blake Younger, 8th grade
Silver Lake Jr. High: Codey Watson, 8th grade; Zachary Wilson, 8th grade
St. Matthew Catholic School: Emma Gaffney, 8th grade
State Street Elementary: Amber Moore, 5th grade
Tecumseh North Elementary: Addison Botkin, 5th grade; Anna Schmidtlein, 5th grade
Tecumseh South Elementary: Diana El-Koubysi, 6th grade; Megan Risetter, 6th grade
Topeka Collegiate School: Anjum Syed, 7th grade
Topeka Lutheran School: Elizabeth Lange, 7th grade
Wanamaker Elementary: Cody Freed-Palmer, 3rd grade; Hannah Lingard, 6th grade
Washburn Rural Middle School: Ashley Ashwill, 8th grade; Bryssa Estanol, 8th grade; Rosie Hastings, 8th grade; Drew Surface, 8th grade
Whitson Elementary: Alora Wilder, 5th grade
Williams Science Magnet: MaKayla Coller, 5th grade