Spellers Spelling at the BeeMr. Dumbach won the Thursday competition. Friends Read FreeSaveFinalists Thomas Dumbach (number 33) from Hunter College H.S. and Saidah Belo-Osagie (number 9, from The Spence School) concentrating in the 46th annual Daily News New York Spelling Bee on Thursday. Mr. Dumbach won the Thursday competition. Another round of finalists from New York public and private schools will compete on Friday. Thomas Dumbach and the winner of Friday's bee will both travel to Washington D.C. at the end of May to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. (Aloysio Santos/The Epoch Times)By Epoch Times Staff3/11/2010Updated: 10/1/2015Print