SMU spellers earn fourth consecutive title

The Saint Mary’s team of Paul Nienaber, Physics, and Chris Stromberg and Paul Weiner, Mathematics and Sciences, competed in the Winona ORC Corporate Spelling Bee. SMU emerged victorious in a field of nine teams. Words spelled correctly by the team included septendecimal, literati, plumbeous, and pugilist. Words that others stumbled on included quorum, cinephile, vanadium, mistigris, and ecclesiastical. This marks the fourth year in a row that SMU has captured the spelling title.