Scripps National Spelling Bee: Our Riverside County Contestant

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — The 92nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee is nearly here and there is only one whiz kid from Riverside County who plans to compete this year. More than 560 children from all 50 states will vie for a shot at becoming the nation’s preeminent speller.

Preliminary multiple-choice tests will be held Monday, May 27. Onstage spelling competitions will be held all day the following Tuesday and Wednesday, with finalists competing Thursday, May 30. No more than 50 spellers will advance to the finals Thursday.

Interested viewers can watch every word Wednesday on the Watch ESPN app. On Thursday, finalists will begin spelling on stage at 10 a.m. Eastern Time and this part of the competition will air live on ESPN 2. After the field is narrowed down to roughly a dozen finalists, ESPN will air the spelling bee finals live Thursday night.

The event will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The champion will receive a $50,000 prize.

From Riverside County, Aisha Randhawa will attempt to best her peers when it comes to spelling. Randhawa, who lives in Corona, is 13 and attends Auburndale Intermediate School. She is in 8th grade.

Randhawa is no stranger to the Scripps bee. She competed in 2016, tying for 22nd place; in 2017, tying for 35th place and in 2018, tying for 7th place.

Good luck, Aisha!

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Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.