PSU Athletes Train with USA Wrestling
By: Jacob Kaucher
Updated: December 12, 2012
Penn State may be the number one wrestling team in the nation, but this week the Nittany Lion wrestlers aren't necessarily the best on campus.
Some of the top wrestlers from USA Wrestling as well as the national team freestyle coach, Zeke Jones, are in University Park for a Regional Training Center camp hosted by the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club.
Holding the RTC at Penn State benefits both the top-ranked Nittany Lions and USA wrestling. The PSU wrestlers can improve their skills against the best in the country - a "steel sharpens steel" situation according to Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson. For USA wrestling, Jones says he sees future Olympians among the Nittany Lions and wants to instill a technical and tactical system in them early to benefit Team USA in future years.
No. 1 Penn State will resume its dual schedule Saturday when the Nittany Lions host Lock Haven.
Some of the top wrestlers from USA Wrestling as well as the national team freestyle coach, Zeke Jones, are in University Park for a Regional Training Center camp hosted by the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club.
Holding the RTC at Penn State benefits both the top-ranked Nittany Lions and USA wrestling. The PSU wrestlers can improve their skills against the best in the country - a "steel sharpens steel" situation according to Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson. For USA wrestling, Jones says he sees future Olympians among the Nittany Lions and wants to instill a technical and tactical system in them early to benefit Team USA in future years.
No. 1 Penn State will resume its dual schedule Saturday when the Nittany Lions host Lock Haven.
