Katharine Wang (Speller 28) didn't look like she had heard her word before, "quebracho," a native Argentinian tree.
She spelled the first several letters slowly, before rushing through the rest.
The sixth grader from China looked visibly relieved when she learned her spelling was correct. She doubled over, then ran back to her seat where her neighbor, Mollie Symons (Speller 26) congratulated her.
