NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland (KGO) -- Sixteen students from the Bay Area are still in the race for the title of National Spelling Bee champion.
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The preliminaries of the Scripps National Spelling Bee are underway -- Tuesday was round two.
Sixteen of the 18 Bay Area contestants spelled correctly and move on to the next round. There were 500 students competing in the preliminary round.
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Last year's winner was a 12-year-old girl from Fresno.
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