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Penn State wrestling won its 11th NCAA team national championship under Cael Sanderson this weekend.
Penn State wrestling won its 11th NCAA team national championship under Cael Sanderson this weekend.
PJ Duke struggled with the idea of Cael Sanderson coming to his house and eating dinner with his family. The first few days of in-home visits had been a whirlwind for the 17-year-old, who is one of the top wrestling recruits in the countrThe opportunity to learn from the best of the best does not come around often.
On Friday at Islip High School, dozens of youth wrestlers were in the presence of the sport’s royalty.
Cael Sanderson — an 11-time NCAA national championship-winning coach at Penn State, a four-time national champion wrestler at Iowa State and an Olympic gold medalist in 2004 — held two clinics to share his wisdom and educate the next generation of wrestlYou just want to really just share your passion for the sport and the principles that can help them be successful, and things that we focus on and work on as a program and obviously I work on individually,” said Sanderson, who has been the Penn State coach since 2010. “So yeah, I love sharing that with the kids. I was there many years ago, working up through the camps, and you just want to do what you can.”
The clinics, a part of the three-day KD National Champ Camp, were open to students from first grade to 12th. Penn State wrestler and four-time national champion Aaron Brooks held a clinic at Islip Thursday and Rutgers wrestler and 2019 NCAA champion Anthony Ashnault held one Wednesda“It’s a privilege, it’s a blessing,” said Islip athletic director John Sparacio, who wrestled at North Babylon and Hofstra. “The magnitude of what you have here, we’ve had two four-time national champions in our gym. It’s just a blessing. I’m in awe.
“As a former wrestler and a wrestling fan, you hope that the kids realize the significance of who’s in front of them.”
During the clinics, Sanderson would have everyone gather around him in the center of the four mats, teaching a technique or two. The wrestlers would then break up into pairs across the gym to practice what they learned, and Sanderson roamed around to each one to provide individual input.
“Well, I usually do a lot of boring stuff, just fundamentals,” the 44-year-old Sanderson said of his clinics. “And so probably not vibing, but it was stuff that I enjoy.”y.ers.y.
