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TOPEKA, KS— Eli Cokelet, Douglas County is the champion of the Sunflower State Spelling Bee sponsored by; Kansas Press Association, ITC and Newman University. His winning word was Provender. The competition involving 87 spellers from all across the state lasted 17 rounds.
Spellers competed at Newman Unversity on Saturday, March 26, 2022.
Top three spellers, Left to Right; Cokelet – Douglas County, Maggie Turner – Jackson County, Hayan Raffi – Sedgwick County
Susan Crane-Laracuente served as pronouncer for the competition, and the judges who tracked every word and verified spelling accuracy were Cory Teubner, Karla Duran and Susan Perez. Spellers studied Words of the Champions, the 4,000-word list provided by the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Champion, Eli Cokelet, will now represent Kansas at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.
Cokelet now advances to compete in the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee this summer near Washington, D.C. The semifinals on June 1 and the finals on June 2 will be televised on national networks ION and Bounce and hosted by accomplished actor, director, educator and lifelong children’s literacy advocate LeVar Burton.
The Kansas Press Association has sponsored the regional bee event for 5 years. The competition encourages students to set goals and dedicate time to study and prepare. Participation also provides an opportunity for students to gain experience in public speaking and performing under pressure.
The Scripps National Spelling Bee provides the list of words for the regional competition. The Bee reaches millions of students across the country and in other parts of the world with the classroom materials it provides to enrolled schools. The purpose of the Bee is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives.
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The Scripps National Spelling Bee is the nation’s largest and longest-running educational program. Visit spellingbee.com for more information about the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which is administered on a not-for-profit basis by The E.W. Scripps Company.
2022 Results
| County | First | Last | Place |
| Douglas | Eli | Cokelet | 1 |
| Jackson | Maggie | Turner | 2 |
| Sedgwick | Hayan | Raffi | 3 |
| Grant | Adriana | Rodriguez | 4 |
| Riley | Solon | Xia | 5 |
| Miami | Wyatt | Heien | 6 |
| Scott | Amaya | Rascon | 7 |
| Norton | Gavin | Gutzman Davis | 8 |
| Clay | Miller | Coffman | 9 |
| Chautauqua | Brian | Hert | 10 |
| Brown | Noah | Fassnacht | 11 |
| Sherman | Reagan | James | 12 |
| Phillips | Chloe | VanDerVeen | 13 |
| Marshall | Devlin | Ogg | 14 |
| Lincoln | Gabrielle | Esterl | 15 |
| Allen | Sophia | Heim | 16 |
| Doniphan | Kamryn | McCauley | 17 |
| Thomas | Beau | Biscomb | 18 |
| Osborne | Sarah | Reinert | 19 |
| Johnson | Rachel | Joseph | 20 |
| Franklin | Tanis | Normile | 21 |
| Pawnee | Lili | Cissell | 22 |
| Wyandotte | Bailey | Uziel | 23 |
| Rush | Audra | Oborny | 24 |
| Republic | Peter | Newman | 25 |
| Osage | Morgan | Young | 26 |
| Montgomery | Kale’a | Achong | 27 |
| Leavenworth | Mark | Rickert | 28 |
| Jewell | Savannah | Coil | 29 |
| Jefferson | Sydnee | Jackson | 30 |
| Hamilton | Leslie-Natalia | Aguilar Ibarra | 31 |
| Finney | Alyssa | Lemons | 32 |
| Crawford | Adeline | Hartmetz | 33 |
| Shawnee | Prajeet | Akula | 34 |
| Saline | Charlotte | Knopf | 35 |
| Rice | Porter | Anderson | 36 |
| Pratt | Levi | Thibault | 37 |
| Ottawa | Lane | Sullivan | 38 |
| Marion | Anna | Godinez Vinduska | 39 |
| Linn | Tyrus | Chadwick | 40 |
| Labette | Perry | Angleton | 41 |
| Harper | Juaquin | Ybarra | 42 |
| Decatur | Kiomi | Jackson | 43 |
| Butler | Nathan | Rosen | 44 |
| Atchison | Trinity | Hemp | 45 |
| Anderson | Heidi | Foltz | 46 |
| Wilson | Millie | McKenney | 47 |
| Wichita | Jacob | Cash-Amaro | 48 |
| Rawlins | Hailey | Saechao | 49 |
| Pottawatomie | Benjamin | Bryan | 50 |
| Neosho | Bristol | Wicker | 51 |
| Nemaha | Josiah | Richardson | 52 |
| Morris | Emily | Hinkson | 53 |
| Mitchell | Paisley | McMillan | 54 |
| Meade | Kate | Parker | 55 |
| Kiowa | Rowdy | Young | 56 |
| Kingman | Rachel | Balzer | 57 |
| Hodgeman | Aidan Grace | Lonnberg | 58 |
| Haskell | Murphy | McElheny | 59 |
| Harvey | Emma | Rowan | 60 |
| Greeley | Briana | Martinez | 61 |
| Gray | Gracyn | Doll | 62 |
| Gove | Auston | Bland | 63 |
| Ford | Encarnaciona | Perez Mejia | 64 |
| Ellsworth | Jacey | Larson | 65 |
| Ellis | John | Walters | 66 |
| Edwards | Ash | DuBois | 67 |
| Cowley | Brylee | Casebolt | 68 |
| Clark | Kason | Isenbart | 69 |
| Barton | Kellan | Behnke | 70 |
| Woodson | Isaac | Stoll | 71 |
| Washington | Gretchen | Bott | 72 |
| Sumner | Lilly | McGuire | 73 |
| Stevens | Deacon | Coy Hockett | 74 |
| Stanton | Katelyn | Burger | 75 |
| Stafford | Emily | Martin | 76 |
| Smith | Kristopher | Jacobs | 77 |
| Rooks | Peyton | Krob | 78 |
| Ness | Hunter | Stenzel | 79 |
| Morton | Julian | Hernandez | 80 |
| Lyon | Alisa | Skalsky | 81 |
| Greenwood | John | Bright III | 82 |
| Coffey | Evelyn | McMillen | 83 |
| Barber | Ava | Bryan | 84 |
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