SPC 2025: Diane Sleek [4-20]

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On this page, you will find information about Diane Sleek, who is competing at the 2025 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 15-16, -331, and is ranked #43 in Division 4.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Diane Surname(s): Sleek Home: Freeport, ME, United States

Round by Round
High score: 449 Average for: 352 Average against: 363
Round 1		Sleek played #42 James Krycka (Jessup, MD) and won 401 to 273 (a spread of 128). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 1-0, +128.
Round 2		Sleek played #55 Scott Gale (Potomac, MD) and won 378 to 350 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-0, +156.
Round 3		Sleek played #3 Anthony Canzoneri (Fuquay Varina, NC) and won 407 to 321 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 3-0, +242. Sleek is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Sleek played #30 Phyllis Vargas (Katy, TX) and won 445 to 355 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-0, +332. Sleek is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 5		Sleek played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) and lost 330 to 502 (a spread of -172). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 4-1, +160. Sleek is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Sleek played #5 Nolan Miranda (Unknown city, NC) and lost 370 to 383 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 4-2, +147.
Round 7		Sleek played #35 Stephanie Waite (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 342 to 379 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 4-3, +110.
Round 8		Sleek played #12 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and won 299 to 297 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5-3, +112. Sleek is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Sleek played #24 Anjelina Noh (Parma Heights, OH) and lost 303 to 400 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 5-4, +15.
Round 10		Sleek played #9 Nick Coffey (Winston-Salem, NC) and lost 341 to 382 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 5-5, -26.
Round 11		Sleek played #4 Paul Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and lost 305 to 398 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 5-6, -119.
Round 12		Sleek played #37 Joyslin Hodge-Watson (white Plains, NY) and lost 286 to 337 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 5-7, -170.
Round 13		Sleek played #38 Jay Westreich (Washington, DC) and lost 333 to 462 (a spread of -129). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 5-8, -299.
Round 14		Sleek played #13 George Borsuk (Melville, NY) and won 343 to 327 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 6-8, -283.
Round 15		Sleek played #52 Jimmie Jenkins (Upper Marlboro, MD) and lost 347 to 366 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 6-9, -302.
Round 16		Sleek played #28 Linda Brandt (Safety Harbor, FL) and lost 249 to 459 (a spread of -210). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-10, -512.
Round 17		Sleek played #58 Paul Wood (Central City, IA) and lost 330 to 437 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 6-11, -619.
Round 18		Sleek played #57 Karen Kaminski (Cocoa, FL) and won 381 to 300 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 7-11, -538.
Round 19		Sleek played #45 Deborah Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 391 to 372 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 8-11, -519.
Round 20		Sleek played #51 Ann Kleinfelt (Sarasota, FL) and won 449 to 309 (a spread of 140). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 9-11, -379.
Round 21		Sleek played #54 Don Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 348 to 297 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 10-11, -328.
Round 22		Sleek played #31 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) and lost 372 to 404 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 10-12, -360.
Round 23		Sleek played #18 Marie Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and lost 317 to 343 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 10-13, -386.
Round 24		Sleek played #59 Craig Knight (Nottingham, MD) and won 399 to 256 (a spread of 143). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 11-13, -243. Sleek is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Sleek played #39 Barbara Major (Alexandria, VA) and won 368 to 328 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 12-13, -203.
Round 26		Sleek played #44 Linda Nervis (Dayton, OH) and won 356 to 340 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 13-13, -187.
Round 27		Sleek played #47 Ruth Brower (Hockessin, DE) and lost 385 to 409 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 13-14, -211.
Round 28		Sleek played #53 Rouzier Dorce (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 380 to 356 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 14-14, -187.
Round 29		Sleek played #56 Ida Ann Shapiro (Rego Park, NY) and lost 295 to 375 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 14-15, -267.
Round 30		Sleek played #48 Jean Caputo (Cranberry Twp, PA) and lost 324 to 417 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 14-16, -360.
Round 31		Sleek played #42 James Krycka (Jessup, MD) again and won 339 to 310 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 15-16, -331.

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