Jamaican Deneiro Hines Aiming to Win U.S. Scripps National Spelling Bee

Jamaica’s spelling bee champion – Deneiro Hines will be aiming for glory when he competes in the 90th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee this week in Washington, D.C.

Hines, a 7th grade student of Glenmuir High was crowned the 58th National Spelling Bee Champion earlier this year after correctly spelling E-P-A-N-A-L-E-P-S-I-S.

He will be competing against children between the ages of 5 and 15 in the preliminary round of this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee.

And if Hines wins the competition, he will be only the second non-American to earn the trophy in the history of the competition.

Jody-Anne Maxwell from Kingston, Jamaica was the only other non-American to win the competition. Maxwell won the prestigious competition in 1998.

The Scripps National Spelling Be Can Be Viewed Live via ESPN:

Preliminary Round: Wednesday, May 31—8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. ET, WatchESPN. 

Finals (Part 1): Thursday, June 1—10 a.m. ET, ESPN2

Finals (Part 2): Thursday, June 1—8 p.m. ET, ESPN

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