Results
2008 Oral Round finalists and the order in which they were eliminated (duplicate numbers indicate spellers eliminated in the same round)
1. Larry Grossman - Northwood, N.D. - Age 56 - WINNER!
2. Michael Petrina, Jr. - Arlington, Va. - Age 63
3. Scott Firebaugh - Knoxville, Tenn. - Age 54
4. Norman Zucker - Sebastopol, Calif. - Age 61
5. Bill Long - Salem, Ore. - Age 56
6. Randy Hilfman - Woodinville, Wash. - Age 58
7. Jane Wiggs - Jacksonville, Florida - Age 62
8. Joan Saxton - Sausalito, Calif. - Age 66
8. Rodney Murray - Middletown, Del. - Age 54
9. Kent Stockton - Riverton, Wyo. - Age 66
9. Sandra Marvin - Englewood, Colo. - Age 60
9. Nancy Friedlander - San Diego, Calif. - Age 61
9. Marlene Harry - Brownsburg, Ind. - Age 56
9. Kate Karp - Long Beach, Calif. - Age 59
10. Tony Suschil - Hudson, Ohio - Age 63
10. Pam Leininger - Durango, Colo. - Age 61
2007 National Senior Spelling Bee Finalists in order of final placement with age, hometown and word that knocked them out of competition
1. Susan Hartner, 62, Hillsboro, Oregon, (winning word: bharal)
2. Randy Hilfman, 56, Woodinville, Washington, (vizsla)
3. Michael Petrina, Jr., 62, Arlington, Virginia, (towhee)
4. Marlene Harry, Brownsburg, Indiana, (gluhwein)
5. Rodney Murray, 53, Middletown, Delaware, (arrhythmia)
6. Joe Dickmann, 63, Richmond Heights, Missouri, (zoisite)
7. Steve Dornseif, 58, Fort Collins, Colorado, (paresthesia)
8. L. Kaleo Elia, 59, Salt Lake City, Utah, (lithotripsy)
9. Terry Harsney, Fairlawn, Ohio, (alula)
10. Bill Long, 54, Salem, Oregon, (troupial)
11. James Pearce, 60, Vancouver, British Columbia, (verruca)
12. Darrell Noe, 64, Arlington, Texas, (chukar)
13. Larry Grossman, 54, Northwood, North Dakota, (urticaria)
14. Mary McClintock, 62, Fort Collins, Colorado, (corrigendum)
15. Mary Ann Hungerford, 55, Granville, Ohio, (hornswoggle)
2006 National Senior Spelling Bee finalists in order of final placement, with age, hometown, profession, and words missed in final rounds
- Hal Prince, 54, Palo Alto, Calif., computer programmer
- Darrell Noe, 63, Arlington, Texas; urban planner
(chaussure; rhynchocephalian; scorpaenid)
- Bill Long, 53, Salem, Oregon; law professor
(onychophoran; thiouracil; tryptophan)
- Tom Lavery, 62, Akron, Ohio;
(rocaille; phytoalexin; crossopterygian)
- Nancy Leasure, 67, Danville, Calif.; retired secretary
(zwitterion; lebensraum; hamantaschen)
- Mary Kay Hemmer, 57, Cheyenne, Wyo.; court records transcriber
(maieutic; ostracoderm; zucchetto)
- Linda Goertz, 58, Portland, Oregon; executive assistant
(ovalbumin; kakiemon; exsiccate)
- Polly Stewart, 62, Salt Lake City, Utah; retired English professor
(quadrumanous; trypanasomiasis; younker)
- Julie Golden, 66, Portland, Oregon; retired nurse
(revetment; epexegesis; komatik)
- Scott Firebaugh, 52, Kokomo, Indiana; high school math and physics teacher
(fioritura; eurythermal; phillumenist)
- Lenore Collins, 66, Mentor, Ohio; retired proofreader, technical writer
(fluorosis; egalitarian; oligophagous)
- Rev. Steve Hislop, 59, Grand Junction, Colo.; retired teacher
(dithiocarbamate; verbigeration; myrmidons)
- Judy Parsons, 60, York, Pennsylvania;
(ameliorate; meningococcus; parthenogenesis)
- Jason Blake, 67, Roslyn, Wash.; retired from forestry
(ayurveda; pharmacodynamics; trousseaux)
- Linda Ott, Fort Collins , Colo.;
(boule; megillah; rickettsia)
- Reta Lorenz, 86, Laramie, Wyo.; homemaker
(andouille; xerophthalmia; trichotillomania)
National Senior Spelling Bee 2005
RESULTS: Oral rounds
Ranks 16 through 1, with missed word and word number
16 - Laura Steele - quercitron - 181
15 - John Haniszewski - schizophrenia - 188
14 - MT Casey - legerdemain - 207
13 - Andrea Coelho - entelechy - 212
12 - Ruth Wright - epistemology - 217
11 - Mary Kay Hemmer - frugivorous - 223
10 - Brian Greene - atherosclerosis - 227
09 - Debra Rotroff - tarsometatarsus - 229
08 - Sue Carlass - epichlorohydrin - 233
07 - Debra Griffin - opprobrium - 244
06 - Charles Underwood - kakiemon - 255
05 - Lenore Collins - urceolate - 260
04 - Patricia Hanson - phillumenist - 262
03 - LaRae Lawson - passementerie - 275
02 - Bill Long - cappelletti - 276
01 - David Riddle
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