Trent Hidlay

Trent Niemond Hidlay (born April 7, 1999) is an American freestyle and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 92 kilograms. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a four-time NCAA Division I All-American, a four-time ACC Conference champion and a two-time NCAA Division I runner-up. In freestyle, Hidlay was the 2025 World Champion and a two-time Pan American champion.

Career High school Hidlay finished his high school career with a record of 154–14, winning two Pennsylvania Class AAA state titles at Mifflin County High School in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Hidlay was also a 2017 FloNationals Champion, two-time Powerade Champion in 2016 and 2017, and three-time Super 32 placer. He also placed third at the 2018 UWW Junior World Team Trials at 79 kg and 2017 Junior National Freestyle and Greco-Roman Runner-Up.

NC State 2019-2020 After redshirting during the 2018–19 season, Hidlay made his college wrestling debut at 184 lb for NC State. Hidlay won ACC Freshman of the year finishing second at the ACC Championships falling to Hunter Bolen of Virginia Tech in the finals 2–1. The NCAA tournament was cancelled due to coronavirus, Hidlay was slated to be the five seed.

2020-2021 During the 2020–21 season Hidlay won his first ACC title, avenging the previous year's final loss with a 3–1 win against Hunter Bolen. Hidlay then capped off his 10–2 season with a runner up finish at the NCAA tournament, losing to Penn State's Aaron Brooks in the finals 3–2.

2021-2022 Hidlay finished the regular season with a perfect record and ultimately finished the season with a 21–2 record, his third ACC title and a fifth-place finish at the NCAA tournament. Hidlay started the tournament strong with three straight wins capped by a 6-2 decision of Oregon State's Trey Munoz. Hidlay then ran into familiar foe Penn State's Aaron Brooks in the semis, falling 6–4 in overtime. Hidlay then lost to Northern Iowa's Parker Kecheisen 7–5 in tiebreakers. Hidlay finished the tournament with a win over Ohio State's Kaleb Romero 3–2 to finish in 5th place.

2022-2023 During the 2022 season, Hiday captured his third ACC title with a 5-0 decision over Hunter Bolen. Hidlay finished in fourth place at the NCAA tournament with losses to rivals Aaron Brooks 6–3 in the semifinals and Kaleb Romero 3–1 in the third place bout. Hidlay finished the season 23–3.

2023-2024 Hidlay wrapped up his final season of college wrestling moving up to 197 lb and finished with a 28–1 record and capturing his fourth ACC title. Hidlay made his second NCAA finals after defeating South Dakota State's Tanner Solan 4–1 in the semi finals. Hidlay finished second after a 6–1 loss to Aaron Brooks in his final match of his college career.

Freestyle Age Level Freestyle In 2019, Hidlay captured a bronze medal at the World Junior Wrestling Championships at 86 kg. In 2022, Hidlay took silver at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, falling in the 86 kg finals to Japan's Tatsuya Shirai.

2023 In 2023, Hidlay won the Bill Farrell Memorial International defeating former three-time NCAA champ Alex Dieringer from Oklahoma State in the finals.

2024 Hidlay made the U.S. national team with his third-place performance at the 2024 United States Olympic trials. In 2024, Hidlay took silver at the Polyak & Varga Memorial Ranking Event losing to world champion Hassan Yazdani in the finals.

2025 Hidlay captured a gold medal at the 2025 Zagreb ranking series going 2–1 at 86 kg.

Folkstyle record Season Year School NCAA Weight Class Record Win 2024 Senior+

2nd

28-1 96.55% 2023 Junior+ 4th

23-3 88.46% 2022 Sophomore+ 5th 21-2 91.30% 2021 Sophomore 2nd 10-2 83.33 2020 Freshman Qualified (Cancelled COVID-19) 19-4 94.44% 2019 Redshirt 174 22-2 91.67%

Freestyle record

Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location

Win 73-13

Chantilly, Virginia Win 72-13

Win 71-13

Coralville, Iowa Win 70-13

Win 69-13

Win 68-13

Win 67-13

Tampa, Florida

Loss

Zagreb, Croatia Win 66-13

Win 65-13

Win 64-13

Win 63-13

Fishers, Indiana

Win 62-13

Zagreb, Croatia Win 61-13

Win 60-13

Win 59-13

Win 58-13

Win 57-13

Budapest, Hungary Win 56-13

Win 55-13

Win 54-13

Win 53-13

Newark, New Jersey Win 52-13

Win 51-13

Monterrey, Mexico Win 50-13

Win

Win 49-13

Win 48-13

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 47-13

Win 46-13

Win 45-13

Loss 44-13

Coralville, Iowa

Win 44-12

Zagreb, Croatia Loss 43-12

Win 43-11

Loss 42-11

Lincoln, Nebraska Win 42-10

Win 41-10

Win 40-10

Loss 39-10

Budapest, Hungary Win 39-8

Win 38-8

Win

State College, Pennsylvania Win 37-9

Win 36-9

Loss 35-9

Win 35-8

Win 34-8

New York City, New York Win 33-8

Win 32-8

Win 31-8

Win 30-8

Loss 29-8

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 29-7

Loss 28-7

Win 28-6

Win 27-6

Win 26-6

Loss 25-6

Pontevedra, Spain Win 25-5

Win 24-5

Win 23-5

Win 22-5

Loss 21-5

New York City, New York Win 21-4

Coralville, Iowa Win 20-4

Loss 19-4

Win 19-3

Win 18-3

Lincoln, Nebraska Win 17-3

Win 16-3

Win 15-3

Loss 14-3

Win 14-2

Loss 13-2

Coralville, Iowa Win 13-1

Win 12-1

Win 11-1

Win 10-1

Cincinnati, Ohio Win 9-1

Win 8-1

Win 7-1

Win 6-1

Win 5-1

Coralville, Iowa Win 4-1

Loss 3-1

Win 3-0

Win 2-0

Win 1-0

Personal life Trent's brother Hayden, was an NCAA Division I wrestling finalist and a four-time All-American at NC State.