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Middlebury 8th Grader Ronan Howlett Wins VT Spelling Bee 2 Years in a Row

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MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -

For the second year in a row, Ronan Howlett, an 8th grader from Middlebury Union High School, has won the Vermont State Spelling Bee.

A press release says the winning word was "desultory," an adjective which means "marked by absence of a plan; disconnected; jumping from one thing to another; digressing from the main subject; random."

Howlett beat 42 other students that were competing in the Vermont State Spelling Bee.

The press release says Emily Ballou, of South Royalton School, came in second. Nicholas Knudsen, of Frederick H Tuttle Middle School came in third.

Next Howlett will travel to Washington D.C. to compete against top spellers from every other state in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in June.

Elementary and middle school students (through grade 8) under the age of 16 were eligible to participate in this competition. Students from across Vermont who participated in the bee already competed in their regional bees this winter.

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