Colfax Spelling Bee top honors go to Marek Neuville
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SPELLING BEE WINNERS — The Spelling Bee winners in the Colfax school district for 2019 in classes third grade through eighth grade include, bottom row from left, Rayna Keltner, Lilly Lansin, Isaiah Entzminger and Mason Smith. Middle row from left: Lydia Polkoski, Olivia Johnson, Avah Elmer, Mason Yarrington and Conner Arntson. Back row from left: Rosie Sonnentag, Jayden Hendrickson, Leila Hurlburt, Madison Truber, Nathali Cuaquehua, Marek Neuville, Braden Kiekhafer and Audrey Ackerlund. Missing from the photograph is Alannah Smestuen. —photo by LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — First place winner in the Colfax Spelling Bee, seventh grader Marek Neuville, went on to compete at the CESA 11 Spelling Bee on Wednesday, February 20.
Second place in the Spelling Bee went to Audrey Ackerlund, seventh grade, and third place was Leila Hurlburt, fifth grade.
Here are the winners from third grade through eighth grade by grade level.
Third grade: Mason Smith, first place; Lilly Lansin, second place; Isaiah Entzminger, third place.
Fourth grade: Rayna Keltner, first place; Conner Arntson, second place; Avah Elmer, third place.
Fifth grade: Leila Hurlburt, first place; Jayden Hendrickson, second place; Alannah Smestuen, third place.
Sixth grade: Rosie Sonnentag, first place; Olivia Johnson, second place; Lydia Polkoski, third place.
Seventh grade: Audrey Ackerlund, first place; Nathali Cuaquehua, second place; Mason Yarrington, third place, with Marek Neuville as alternate.
Eighth grade: Braden Kiekhafer, first place; Madison Truber, second place. There was no third place winner listed for eighth grade.