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Fremont Students Sweep Alameda County Spelling Bee
Anish Punaroor, of Parkmont Elementary, and Sahir Qureshi, of Niles Elementary, tied for first place and will compete in the state championship next month.
From the Fremont Unified School District:
Fremont students took home all four of the trophies awarded on Saturday, March 16th at the Alameda County Spelling Bee Championship held at Canyon Middle School in Castro Valley.
Throughout the grueling competition, Fremont students demonstrated their spelling skills and good sportsmanship, encouraging one another and cheering for other students each time a word was correctly spelled.
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The winners were:
- First Place (tie) - Anish Punaroor from Parkmont Elementary
- First Place (tie) - Sahir Qureshi from Niles Elementary
- Third Place - Ruhani Kapoor from Mission Valley Elementary
- Fourth Place - Timothy Brahan from Weibel Elementary
The two top winners, Anish Punaroor and Sahir Qureshi, breezed through the entire list of words for the elementary school competition so the judges challenged them with words intended for the junior high school competition.
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After several rounds with the harder words, the judges declared the contest a tie and both Anish and Sahir were awarded 1st place trophies.
Anish and Sahir will represent Alameda County in the State Championship on April 20th in Stockton.
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