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Penn State wrestling burns Mark Hall’s redshirt to make championship run

Cael Sanderson made a bold statement to the rest of the college wrestling world last Friday — he’s going for it all.

In the middle of No. 1 Penn State wrestling’s most competitive and intense match of the season, against third-ranked Iowa, standout freshman Mark Hall was sent out on the mat to compete in a dual-meet for the first time in his collegiate career.

Despite not wrestling with the team in dual-meets until then, Hall has still been a well-known name throughout the wrestling world.

Hall was the No. 1 overall recruit for the Class of 2016 and competed in the 2016 Olympic Trials right out of high school, advancing to the quarterfinals.