RALEIGH, N.C. — This year’s NC State Fall Wrestling Clinic and Red-White scrimmage will feature a little added sizzle with four-time national champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Cael Sanderson slated to serve as one of the clinic’s instructors.
The clinic will be held on Sunday, November 13, at Reynolds Coliseum. Registration will be from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., with the clinic running from 1-4 p.m. The day’s events will wrap up with the annual Red-White scrimmage from 4 o’clock until 5:30.
The wrestling clinic will be geared towards club, middle school and high school wrestlers of all abilities and experience. Coaches are invited to attend free of charge. The clinic should give wrestlers and coaches an opportunity to receive instruction on technique, while meeting and interacting with the NC State wrestlers and Sanderson, one of the greatest wrestlers in the history of the sport. His popularity has grown world-wide since winning a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
As a collegiate competitor, he became the first wrestler in history to win four NCAA titles while also completing an undefeated career (159-0) from 1998-99 through 2001-02 at Iowa State University.
In 2001 and 2002, he also earned spots on the U.S. Men’s Freestyle World teams. However, in 2001 he was unable to compete when the September 11 attacks on New York City postponed the event to a date that conflicted with his college schedule. USA Wrestling decided not to attend the 2002 World Championships in Tehran, Iran, due to a credible threat placed against the team.
Sanderson was vindicated in 2003, when he won a silver medal at the World Championships held in New York City’s Madison Square Garden before achieving wrestling greatness with his gold medal in 2004.
Currently, Cael resides in Ames, Iowa with his wife Kelly where he is an assistant wrestling coach at Iowa State University.
Originally from Heber City, Utah, Sanderson was coached by his father Steve with great support from his mother Debbie. His two older brothers, Cody and Cole, both excelled as wrestlers at Iowa State as well. Cael’s younger brother Cyler is a freshman at Iowa State and will wrestle for the Cyclones beginning with the 2005-06 school year.
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