The finalists are...

There are 41 spellers advancing to the finals.

In no particular order, they are:

Jacob Faulk, Speller 11

Cameron Keith, Speller 24

Medina Miranda, Speller 48

Rishik Gandhasri, Speller 70

Anisha Rao, Speller 80

Tara Singh, Speller 133

Brendan Pawlicki, Speller 209

Nicole Tsygan, Speller 250

Shruthika Padhy, Speller 290

Phoebe Smith, Speller 326

Eva Vega, Speller 350

Pranav Nandakumar, Speller 436

Karthik Nemmani, Speller 471

Pranathi Jammula, Speller 516

Amith Vasantha, Speller 14

Siddharth Doppalapudi, Speller 37

Aisha Randhawa, Speller 50

Paul Hamrick, Speller 72

Samhita Kumar, Speller 94

Marisa Langley, Speller 171

Sophia Nguyen, Speller 219

Saketh Sundar, Speller 251

Sravanth Malla, Speller 315

Nilla Rajan, Speller 327

Snehal Choudhury, Speller 361

Naysa Modi, Speller 447

Abhijay Kodali, Speller 484

Anson Cook, Speller 517

Enya Hubers, Speller 15

Lauren Guo, Speller 44

Simone Kaplan, Speller 60

Nidhi Vadlamudi, Speller 74

Erin Howard, Speller 98

Jashun Paluru, Speller 192

Alice Liu, Speller 242

Navneeth Murali, Speller 279

Noah Brandt, Speller 316

Christopher Serrao, Speller 348

Melodie Loya, Speller 398

Rohan Raja, Speller 460

Sohum Sukhatankar, Speller 506

The maximum score on the written test was 36 points. To advance, spellers needed at least 28 points.

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