The 74th

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was held in

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, on May 29–31, 2001, sponsored by the

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Winners

Thirteen-year-old Sean Conley, from

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, won the competition in the 16th round by correctly spelling the word "succedaneum".Toppo, Greg (31 May 2001)
Minn. 13-Year-Old Wins National Spelling Bee
''ABC News''(1 June 2001)
'Succedaneum' gives Minnesota teen a win at National Spelling Bee
''Ludington Daily News'' (

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) Conley was appearing in his third bee. He fell in the sixth round in 1999, and placed second in 2000. Second place went to Kristin Hawkins of Virginia, who missed "resipiscence".

Competition

248 contestants participated in the competition; 138 girls and 110 boys; 170 from public schools, 28 from private schools, 25 from parochial schools, and 25 home-schoolers. Fifty-two spellers had previously participated in a national bee, a new record.(29 May 2001)
Popular is word for national spelling bee
''Reading Eagle'' (Scripps Howard News Service) The bee used a three-day format for the first time this year, though bee staff already planned to return to two days the following year by adding a written-test for the first time. The contest began at 4pm on Tuesday May 29, with one-half of the spellers competing in round one starting at 4pm, and the other half at 7pm. 178 spellers survived the first day.Reiss, Cory (29 May 2001)
How do you spell 'first round'?
''Tuscaloosa News'' Two additional split-rounds continued on Wednesday.Braciszeki, Kevin (29 May 2001)
Ludington speller in national bee this week
''Ludington Daily News'' The finals, with survivors from both groups, started at 8am on Thursday and were broadcast on

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starting at 10am.(29 May 2001)
National spelling bee begins
''Kingman Daily Miner'' (

)(30 May 2001)
Maine spelling champ makes second round of national bee
''Bangor Daily News'' The first place prize was $10,000, and second place took $5000.

References

External links

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