Oceanside fifth-grader in national spelling bee

Originally published: May 29, 2012 12:47 PM
Updated: May 29, 2012 10:10 PM
By JOIE TYRRELL joie.tyrrell@newsday.com

Photo credit: Ed Betz | Dean Creedon smiles during an interview after winning the Regional Scripps Spelling Bee at Hofstra University in Hempstead. (March 18, 2012)

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Dean Creedon, 10, a fifth-grader at Oaks School

Dean Creedon of Oceanside wins LI spelling bee Naman Shakrani prevails over 20 other contestants at

Bee w-i-n-n-e-r Casey Durant, an eighth-grader from New Hyde Park

Long Island Championship Spelling Bee

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Eighth-grader Sean Wilson, from the Shelter Island School,

Long Islanders competing at the National Spelling Bee Casey Durant, left, last year's winner of the

2010 Long Island Spelling Bee

Dean Creedon, a fifth-grader from Oceanside, is set to compete Wednesday in the second and third rounds of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee and learn whether he will advance to Thursday's semifinals.

Dean, 10, was one of 278 spellers who took a computer test in Tuesday's first round. That score will be combined with Wednesday's results to see who advances. No more than 50 spellers will...

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