New York, Texas students co-champs of Scripps National Spelling bee
OXON HILL Md. (Reuters) - Sriram Hathwar of Painted Post, New York, and Ansun Sujoe of Fort Worth, Texas, were declared co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday. Sujoe, a 13-year-old seventh grader, and Hathwar, 14, an eighth grader, were declared co-champions by judges after six rounds of face-to-face dueling. The final word Sujoe spelled was "feuilleton" and the last for Hathwar was "stichomythia." (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Paul Tait)