National Spelling Bee champions say it set them up for success: 'You attain a level of mastery'
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FILE - Katharine "Kerry" Close, 13, poses at home in Spring Lake, N.J., May 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Tim Larsen, File)FILE - Dev Shah, 14, from Largo, Fla., competes during the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals, June 1, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)FILE - Anamika Veeramani, 14, of North Royalton, Ohio, holds her trophy after winning the 2010 National Spelling Bee in Washington, June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)FILE In this June 3, 1999 file photo Nupur Lala, 14, from Tampa, Fla. reacts upon winning the 72nd annual National Spelling Bee in Washington after correctly spelling "logorrhea." (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)FILE - President George Bush meets with winners of the National Spelling Bee at the White House, May 31, 1991, including 13-year-old winner Joanne Lagatta, left, of Clintonville, Wisc., Maria Mathew, 11, of Sterling, Ill., and Todd Wallace, 13, of Blackfoot, Idaho. Boy at left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)
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FILE - Katharine "Kerry" Close, 13, poses at home in Spring Lake, N.J., May 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Tim Larsen, File)
