Rushlow was making his fifth and final appearance in the bee, and this was his best showing. He got three words he didn't know -- one in the semifinals and two in the finals -- and managed to spell two of them correctly before the third one, "vetiver," tripped him up.
While he was satisfied with his performance, he's sad that his run is over.
overall this was one of the weaker bees in recent memory IMO. Hoping the 6-yr old makes at least the semis next year to give us a sweat at true history