UNIVERSITY PARK — It was a rare sight, Cael Sanderson with a slightly swollen right eye, looking red and as fresh as if it had been bleeding from the eyelid only moments before. 

The wrestling wound, suffered in a tussle with U.S. Olympic Team member Jake Varner, served as a cautious reminder as to not only how taxing the sport can be on the body, but also how time consuming it can be for a wrestler with Olympic aspirations. 

For now, Sanderson, the Penn State wrestling coach, doesn’t have them. 
Sanderson will not join his four pupils, Penn State’s David Taylor, Ed Ruth, Quentin Wright and Matt Brown, when they compete in next weekend’s Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City

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