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Gallery: 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee Contestants

01 - Aniketh Yatam, Donlon Elementary School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
1 - Aniketh Yatam, Donlon Elementary School
02 - Angela Jiao, Joaquin Miller Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
02 - Angela Jiao, Joaquin Miller Middle School
03 - Anika Wadhera, William Hopkins Junior High School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
3 - Anika Wadhera, William Hopkins Junior High School
04 - Arjav Rawal, Eleanor Murray Fallon School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
4 - Arjav Rawal, Eleanor Murray Fallon School
05 - Rishi Dange, Cupertino Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
5 - Rishi Dange, Cupertino Middle School
06 - Abigail Walsh, Redeemer Lutheran School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
6 - Abigail Walsh, Redeemer Lutheran School
07 - Sakshi Shrivastava, Stratford School, SCP Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
7 - Sakshi Shrivastava, Stratford School, SCP Middle School
08 - Daniel Zhang Qu, Terman Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
8 - Daniel Zhang Qu, Terman Middle School
09 - Leila DeSchepper, Albany Middle School -  2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
9 - Leila DeSchepper, Albany Middle School
10 - Pranav Nandakumar, Stratford School, Fremont - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
10 - Pranav Nandakumar, Stratford School, Fremont
11 - Amith Vasantha, Challenger School, Almaden - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
11 - Amith Vasantha, Challenger School, Almaden
12 - Rohit Duggaraju, Stratford School, De Anza Park - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
12 - Rohit Duggaraju, Stratford School
13 - Shweta Arun, Challenger School Shawnee - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
13 - Shweta Arun, Challenger School
14 - Annabella Lucente, Hamlin School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
14 - Annabella Lucente, Hamlin School
15 - Aaryan Shah, Warm Springs Elementary School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
15 - Aaryan Shah, Warm Springs Elementary School
16 - Rohan Gupta, Thomas S Hart Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
16 - Rohan Gupta, Thomas S Hart Middle School
17 - William Xu, Campbell Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
17 - William Xu, Campbell Middle School
18 - Anisha Rao, Kolb Elementary School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
18 - Anisha Rao, Kolb Elementary School
19 - Madeline Cheng, Oak Avenue Elementary School -  2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
19 - Madeline Cheng, Oak Avenue Elementary School
20 - Rutvik Gandhasri, Chaboya Middle School, San Jose - Winner of 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
Rutvik Gandhasri, from Chaboya Middle School in San Jose won the 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee. (CBS)
21 - Samika Swamy, Challenger School, Sunnyvale - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
21 - Samika Swamy, Challenger School, Sunnyvale
22 - Ivan Karpov, West Valley Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
22 - Ivan Karpov, West Valley Middle School
23 - Lila Chen, Chinese American International -  2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
23 - Lila Chen, Chinese American International
24 - Amelia Salamacha, Bullis Charter School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
24 - Amelia Salamacha, Bullis Charter School
25 - Isabella Yu, Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School -  2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
25 - Isabella Yu, Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School
26 - Meera Suresh, Warren E Hyde Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
26 - Meera Suresh, Warren E Hyde Middle School
27 - Rebecca Howard, Live Oak Academy -  2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
27 - Rebecca Howard, Live Oak Academy
28 - Adelyn Chen, Crocker Middle School -  2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
28 - Adelyn Chen, Crocker Middle School
29 - Lauren Hall, Hillview Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
29 - Lauren Hall, Hillview Middle School
30 - Sasha Mishkin, Gate Academy - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
30 - Sasha Mishkin, Gate Academy
31 - Nidhi Vadlamudi, Don Callejon School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
31 - Nidhi Vadlamudi, Don Callejon School
32 - Blake Williams, Bayside S.T.E.M. Academy - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
32 - Blake Williams, Bayside S.T.E.M. Academy
33 - Roya Rashidchi, Leo R Croce Elementary - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
33 - Roya Rashidchi, Leo R Croce Elementary
34 - Annie Cheng, Piedmont Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
34 - Annie Cheng, Piedmont Middle School
35 - Tahseen Hasan, Millbrook Elementary School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
35 - Tahseen Hasan, Millbrook Elementary School
36 - Pallavi Saksena, Stratford Middle School, San Jose - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
36 - Pallavi Saksena, Stratford Middle School, San Jose
37 - Carina Velasco, Burlingame Intermediate School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
37 - Carina Velasco, Burlingame Intermediate School
38 - Jiho Lee, Claire Lilienthal Elementary School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
38 - Jiho Lee, Claire Lilienthal Elementary School
39 - Aidan Ferriera, Easterbrook Discovery School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
39 - Aidan Ferriera, Easterbrook Discovery School
40 - Frank Wercinski, Convent & Stuart Hall - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
40 - Frank Wercinski, Convent & Stuart Hall
41 - Kevin Li, Pleasanton Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
41 - Kevin Li, Pleasanton Middle School
42 - Cory Chung, Stratford Middle School, Fremont - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
42 - Cory Chung, Stratford Middle School, Fremont
43 - Rishik Gandhasri, Silver Oak Elementary School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
43 - Rishik Gandhasri, Silver Oak Elementary School
44 - Enya Walker Rolling Hills Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
44 - Enya Walker, Rolling Hills Middle School
45 - Julie Tran Thomas Russell Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
45 - Julie Tran. Thomas Russell Middle School
46 - Siddharth Srinivasan Basis Independent Silicon Valley - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
46 - Siddharth Srinivasan, Basis Independent Silicon Valley
47 - Sartaj Rajpal St. Gabriel School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
47 - Sartaj Rajpal, St. Gabriel School
48 - Joe Sablosky James Lick Middle School 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
48 - Joe Sablosky, James Lick Middle School
49 - Vincent Wang Harvest Park Middle School - 2016 CBS Bay Area Spelling Bee
49 - Vincent Wang, Harvest Park Middle School
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