Penn State wrestlers Cameron Wade and Quentin Wright recently turned 21, making them among the youngest entries in the United States World Team Trials.

Yet neither seems intimidated by the seasoned opponents lurking this weekend in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Wade and Wright spent the spring training with the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club’s stable of accomplished upper weights. Wade, who’s competing at 96 kilograms (211.5 pounds), and Wright, who’s competing at 84 kilograms (185), are among the wrestlers trying to earn a spot in September’s world championships in Moscow

via Wade, Wright prepped for trials – Sports | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA | Penn State, Nittany Lions, weather, news, jobs, homes, apartments, real estate.

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Mark Palmer

In looking at a college wrestler, it’s all too easy to get wrapped up in won-loss records, pinning percentages and other by-the-numbers stuff… and overlook the other aspects that make an athlete’s story all the more compelling.

Take Dan Vallimont, for example.

College wrestling fans know Vallimont as a Penn State redshirt senior who, despite being seeded sixth in the 165-pound bracket, made it to the finals of the 2010 NCAA Division I Championships… losing to Wisconsin's top-seeded Andrew Howe, 9-3, in the title bout.

via Penn State’s 2010 NCAA finalist Dan Vallimont: Beyond the obvious.

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When I heard wrestler Cyler Sanderson was transferring to Penn State, I had not yet met either him or the coaches and I wondered about his journey.

Ever since I read “The Bridge at San Luis Rey” — in which five different people wound up a bridge that collapsed — I have wondered what goes through a person's head through his or her journey. Cyler likely doesn't sit up at night giving this a second thought, but I am dealing with someone who has come to the end of his college wrestling journey and became an All-American in a PSU uniform. I am probably a little bit too analytical about all of this. Forgive me.

via State College, PA – Being Cyler Sanderson.

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I am going to talk about Dan Vallimont here and talk about Cyler Sanderson next time, as I want people to be aware of the journey these two guys took to get to where they have gotten, and I think I have another perspective on both that may not be obvious to the average fan.

I have always been as fascinated with what it takes to get someplace as much as where one winds up. And how that person reacts says something about him/her. This constant exchange between people goes on without anyone even knowing about it until one day they stop and say, heh, that person said or did that, and look what happened.

So I am going to say a couple of things about here about Dan Vallimont that perhaps you have not thought about. But since they are coming from what I am looking at, this has to be set up a bit.

via State College, PA – Penn State Wrestling: Dan Vallimont, Beyond the Obvious.

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Whether he was ordering bacon and eggs or visiting his barber, the older brother of Penn State’s celebrated first-year wrestling coach couldn’t escape the chatter.

“Everywhere I would go, whether it was getting breakfast or a haircut, people were saying they can’t wait for 2010-11,” associate head coach Cody Sanderson said. “People are excited about the recruits that are going to be in our lineup. But we left it at that. We owed it to the program to keep our focus on 2009-10.”

Such was the conundrum facing the start of Cael Sanderson’s tenure.

The future looked promising. But the present demanded unwavering attention.

via Sandersons shift to next season – Sports | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA.

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Quentin Wright a forgotten man?

For Wright, who has spent his entire career in the Centre County wrestling spotlight, this past season represented a strange one.

Instead of inciting cheers, Wright watched Penn State’s first season under Cael Sanderson from the stands.

The redshirt season could have long-term rewards for the Bald Eagle Area graduate. But…

“I would be in the stands twitching when guys were trying to defend double-legs from guys that I wrestled last year,” he said. “I thought about what I could have done. There’s always that what-if. But I can’t cry like a baby. It was a year to get better

via Wright takes redshirt in stride – Sports | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA.

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Collegian Staff Writer

Year one: complete. In the first season under the guidance of Cael Sanderson, the Penn State wrestling team performed amid the excitement and expectations that came along with its new coach.

The Nittany Lions compiled a 13-6-1 dual meet record — a vast improvement on the 2008-09 mark of 8-12-2.

Add a Big Ten champion, three All-Americans and a ninth-place finish at the NCAA championships to the list of improvements in Sanderson’s first season at the helm.

via Coach lays foundation in debut – The Daily Collegian Online.

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By: Tom Fox

MaxPreps.com

MILL HALL, Pa. — Andrew Alton had to take a couple seconds to think about it.

In his four-year career, what hasn’t the Central Mountain senior accomplished?

State titles? Check. Regional titles? Four of them, to be exact.

The long laundry list continues on for miles and miles. Honestly, if you laid out his resume and accomplishments, it would probably stretch along the concrete pavement of Interstate 80, through the red lights on Route 15 and right into the doorway of the Giant Center in Hershey, the final stop on an amazing high school road.

That’s why it took the nationally-ranked grappler a few seconds to think of one or two words to sum up his remarkable career.

“Amazing,” he said, “and memorable.”

via Pennsylvania: Altons finish remarkable career – MaxPreps News.

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Penn State's Dan Vallimont, right, tries to get free from Stanford's Nick Amuchastegui, during the 2010 NCAA Wrestling Championships match in Omaha, Neb. on Friday.

OMAHA, Neb. – Even to the most demanding fan, Cael Sanderson’s first year as Penn State wrestling coach would be deemed a success.

Even with obvious weaknesses in the lineup, highlighted by redshirting four talented freshmen, Sanderson nudged the Nittany Lions to a 13-6-1 regular-season record and a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Tournament.

Sanderson can add three All-Americans and a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Division I Championships to that modest list of accomplishments.

via Nittany Lions add to honors at NCAA Division I wrestling championships | PennLive.com.

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OMAHA, Neb. — Cael Sanderson said he left his alma mater because of the fertile recruiting area Penn State was surrounded by, not only the rest of Pennsylvania but Ohio, New Jersey and New York.

A couple stats support Sanderson’s decision.

Pennsylvania once again leads the way in qualifiers with 47. Ohio is next with 31 and New Jersey right behind at 29. New York is tied with California with 24 each. Interstate 80 is a thread connecting the three states with the most qualifiers

via Pa. boasts most qualifiers in Omaha – Wrestling | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA.

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