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D-181 Brothers Top Spelling Bee Finishers

Local duo place first and second at DuPage County Spelling Bee.

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Brothers Advaith, left, and Atman Balakrishnan, the DuPage County Spelling Bee winners, are students in Hinsdale-based District 181.
Brothers Advaith, left, and Atman Balakrishnan, the DuPage County Spelling Bee winners, are students in Hinsdale-based District 181. (Community Consolidated School District 181)

HINSDALE, IL — Brothers Atman and Advaith Balakrishnan, students in Hinsdale-based District 181, took first and second, respectively, in the DuPage County Spelling Bee on Wednesday. Atman is an eighth grader at Hinsdale Middle School, while Advaith is a fifth-grader at The Lane School.

The brothers tied at the District 181 Spelling Bee on Feb. 4 to qualify for the county bee. Atman will next compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee May 24-29.

This is Atman's third consecutive year heading to the national bee. His father, Balu Natarajan, won the national bee in 1985.

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