Trent Niemond Hidlay (born April 7, 1999) is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 92 kilograms. A four-time NCAA Division I All-American, Hidlay finished as an ACC Conference champion four times and an NCAA Division I runner-up twice. In freestyle, he was a 2025 World Champion at 92 kilograms.
Hidlay finished his high school career with a record of 154âÂÂ14, 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.
After redshirting during the 2018âÂÂ19 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 2âÂÂ1. The NCAA tournament was cancelled due to coronavirus, Hidlay was slated to be the five seed.
During the 2020âÂÂ21 season Hidlay won his first ACC title revenging the previous year's final loss with a 3âÂÂ1 win against Hunter Bolen. Hidlay then capped off his 10âÂÂ2 season with a runner up finish at the NCAA tournament losing to Penn State's Aaron Brooks in the finals 3âÂÂ2.
Hidlay finished the regular season with a perfect record and ultimately finished the season with a 21âÂÂ2 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 6âÂÂ4 in overtime. Hidlay then lost to Northern Iowa's Parker Kecheisen 7âÂÂ5 in tiebreakers. Hidlay finished the tournament with a win over Ohio State's Kaleb Romero 3âÂÂ2 to finish in 5th place.
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 6âÂÂ3 in the semifinals and Kaleb Romero 3âÂÂ1 in the third place bout. Hidlay finished the season 23âÂÂ3.
Hidlay wrapped up his final season of college wrestling moving up to 197 lb and finished with a 28âÂÂ1 record and capturing his fourth ACC title. Hidlay made his second NCAA finals after defeating South Dakota State's Tanner Solan 4âÂÂ1 in the semi finals. Hidlay finished second after a 6âÂÂ1 loss to Aaron Brooks in his final match of his college career.
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.
In 2023, Hidlay won the Bill Farrell Memorial International defeating former three-time NCAA champ Alex Dieringer from Oklahoma State in the finals.
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.
Hidlay captured a gold medal at the 2025 Zagreb ranking series going 2âÂÂ1 at 86 kg.
Trent's brother Hayden was an NCAA wrestling finalist and a four-time all-American.
! Season ! Year ! School ! NCAA ! Weight Class ! Record ! Win |- |2024 |Senior+ |rowspan=7|North Carolina State University |2nd |rowspan=1|197 |28-1 |96.55% |- |2023 |Junior+ |4th |rowspan=4|184 |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% |- |colspan="5" style="background:LIGHTGREY"|Career |style="background:LIGHTGREY"|123-14 |style="background:LIGHTGREY"|89.78%
! colspan="7"| Senior Freestyle Matches |- ! Res. ! Record ! Opponent ! Score ! Date ! Event ! Location |- |Win |67-13 |align=left| Pat Downey |style="font-size:88%"|TF 12-0 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|March 28, 2026 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|RAF 07 |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=1| Tampa, Florida |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss | |align=left| Mohammad Mobin Azimi |style="font-size:88%"|FF |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|February 5, 2026 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2026 Grand Prix Zagreb Open |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Zagreb, Croatia |- |Win |66-13 |align=left| Michael Macchiavello |style="font-size:88%"|3-3 |- |Win |65-13 |align=left| Abolfazl Rahmani |style="font-size:88%"|12-9 |- |Win |64-13 |align=left| Mohammad Mobin Azimi |style="font-size:88%"|5-5 |- |Win |63-13 |align=left| Jacob Cardenas |style="font-size:88%"|5-3 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|December 20, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|RAF 04 |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=1| Fishers, Indiana |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |62-13 |align=left| Amanula Gadzhimagomedov |style="font-size:88%"|13-10 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|September 14âÂÂ15, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2025 World Championships |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Zagreb, Croatia |- |Win |61-13 |align=left| Osman Nurmagomedov |style="font-size:88%"|TF 15âÂÂ4 |- |Win |60-13 |align=left| Miriani Maisuradze |style="font-size:88%"|6-1 |- |Win |59-13 |align=left| Samuel Scherrer |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10âÂÂ0 |- |Win |58-13 |align=left| Redjep Hajdari |style="font-size:88%"|TF 11âÂÂ1 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |57-13 |align=left| Miriani Maisuradze |style="font-size:88%"|7-2 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|Jul 17âÂÂ18, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2025 Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial Tournament |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Budapest, Hungary |- |Win |56-13 |align=left| Dauren Kurugliev |style="font-size:88%"|INJ |- |Win |55-13 |align=left| Krisztian Angyal |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10âÂÂ0 |- |Win |54-13 |align=left| Abubakr Abakarov |style="font-size:88%"|7-2 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |53-13 |align=left| Josh Barr |style="font-size:88%"|3-2 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|June 14, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|2025 Final X |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2| Newark, New Jersey |- |Win |52-13 |align=left| Josh Barr |style="font-size:88%"|6-1 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |51-13 |align=left| Miguel Lavielle Ramierez |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10âÂÂ0 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|May 11, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2025 Pan American Championships |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Monterrey, Mexico |- |Win |50-13 |align=left| Edwin Morales |style="font-size:88%"|TF 12âÂÂ1 |- |Win | |align=left| Eduardo Vega Garcia |style="font-size:88%"|FF |- |Win |49-13 |align=left| Andrew Johnson |style="font-size:88%"|TF 11âÂÂ0 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |48-13 |align=left| Aeoden Sinclair |style="font-size:88%"|7-1 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|April 25âÂÂ26, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2025 US Open National Championships |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Las Vegas, Nevada |- |Win |47-13 |align=left| Eric Schultz |style="font-size:88%"|7-4 |- |Win |46-13 |align=left| Kalob Runyan |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10âÂÂ0 |- |Win |45-13 |align=left| Braden Homsey |style="font-size:88%"|TF 11âÂÂ0 |- |Loss |44-13 |align=left| Zahid Valencia |style="font-size:88%"|0-5 |style="font-size:88%"|February 26, 2025 |style="font-size:88%"|FloWrestling: Night in America â 88 kg |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;"| Coralville, Iowa |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |44-12 |align=left| Tariel Gaphrindashvili |style="font-size:88%"|10-4 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|February 5, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2025 Grand Prix Zagreb Open |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3| Zagreb, Croatia |- |Loss |43-12 |align=left| Arsenii Dzhioev |style="font-size:88%"|0-5 |- |Win |43-11 |align=left| Eugeniu Mihalcean |style="font-size:88%"|3-2 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |42-11 |align=left| David Taylor |style="font-size:88%"|6-10 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|September 14âÂÂ15, 2024 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2024 US Senior World Team Trials |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Lincoln, Nebraska |- |Win |42-10 |align=left| Jonathan Aiello |style="font-size:88%"|TF 12âÂÂ1 |- |Win |41-10 |align=left| Max Hale |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10âÂÂ0 |- |Win |40-10 |align=left| Eze Chukwuezi |style="font-size:88%"|TF 12âÂÂ2 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |39-10 |align=left| Hassan Yazdani |style="font-size:88%"|TF 2âÂÂ12 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|June 6, 2024 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2024 Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial Tournament |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3| Budapest, Hungary |- |Win |39-8 |align=left| Evsem Shvelidze |style="font-size:88%"|TF 13âÂÂ3 |- |Win |38-8 |align=left| Bobur Islomov |style="font-size:88%"|TF 11âÂÂ0 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win | |align=left| Zahid Valencia |style="font-size:88%"|FF |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|April 19âÂÂ20, 2024 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2024 US Olympic Trials |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| State College, Pennsylvania |- |Win |37-9 |align=left| Alex Dieringer |style="font-size:88%"|5-4 |- |Win |36-9 |align=left| Mark Hall |style="font-size:88%"|9-4 |- |Loss |35-9 |align=left| Chance Marsteller |style="font-size:88%"|2-4 |- |Win |35-8 |align=left| Carter Starocci |style="font-size:88%"|6-4 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |34-8 |align=left| Alex Dieringer |style="font-size:88%"|2-1 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|November 17, 2023 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2023 Bill Farrell Memorial International |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| New York City, New York |- |Win |33-8 |align=left| Avtandil Kentchadze |style="font-size:88%"|14-10 |- |Win |32-8 |align=left| Taylor Lujan |style="font-size:88%"|4-1 |- |Win |31-8 |align=left| Ahmed Shamiya |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10âÂÂ0 |- |Win |30-8 |align=left| Taisei Matsuyuki |style="font-size:88%"|5-2 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |29-8 |align=left| Mark Hall |style="font-size:88%"|TF 2âÂÂ13 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|April 30, 2023 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|2023 US Open |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=6| Las Vegas, Nevada |- |Win |29-7 |align=left| Dylan Fishback |style="font-size:88%"|8-1 |- |Loss |28-7 |align=left| Zahid Valencia |style="font-size:88%"|3-8 |- |Win |28-6 |align=left| Andrew Morgan |style="font-size:88%"|TF 11âÂÂ0 |- |Win |27-6 |align=left| Nathan Haas |style="font-size:88%"|16-7 |- |Win |26-6 |align=left| Jack Jessen |style="font-size:88%"|TF 14âÂÂ1 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |25-6 |align=left| Tatsuya Shirai |style="font-size:88%"|3-3 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|October 22âÂÂ23, 2022 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2022 U23 World Championships |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Pontevedra, Spain |- |Win |25-5 |align=left| Ivan Ichizli |style="font-size:88%"|TF 11âÂÂ1 |- |Win |24-5 |align=left| Maksat Satybaldy |style="font-size:88%"|6-0 |- |Win |23-5 |align=left| Nurtilek Karypbaev |style="font-size:88%"|6-0 |- |Win |22-5 |align=left| Sajjad Gholami |style="font-size:88%"|15-6 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |21-5 |align=left| Mark Hall |style="font-size:88%"|4-6 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|June 8, 2022 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|2022 Final X |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=1| New York City, New York |- |Win |21-4 |align=left| Drew Foster |style="font-size:88%"|6-2 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|May 21âÂÂ22, 2022 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2022 US Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Coralville, Iowa |- |Win |20-4 |align=left| Marcus Coleman |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10âÂÂ0 |- |Loss |19-4 |align=left| Zahid Valencia |style="font-size:88%"|4-9 |- |Win |19-3 |align=left| Owen Webster |style="font-size:88%"|7-0 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |18-3 |align=left| Drew Foster |style="font-size:88%"|8-1 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|September 11âÂÂ12, 2021 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|2021 US Senior World Team Trials |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=6| Lincoln, Nebraska |- |Win |17-3 |align=left| Myles Martin |style="font-size:88%"|9-5 |- |Win |16-3 |align=left| Scottie Boykin |style="font-size:88%"|TF 11âÂÂ1 |- |Win |15-3 |align=left| Jack Jessen |style="font-size:88%"|TF 13âÂÂ2 |- |Loss |14-3 |align=left| Kollin Moore |style="font-size:88%"|4-5 |- |Win |14-2 |align=left| Christopher Smith |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10âÂÂ0 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |13-2 |align=left| Mark Hall |style="font-size:88%"|4-5 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|April 17, 2021 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2021 Senior Nationals |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Coralville, Iowa |- |Win |13-1 |align=left| Drew Foster |style="font-size:88%"|6-4 |- |Win |12-1 |align=left| Calvin Sund |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10âÂÂ0 |- |Win |11-1 |align=left| Andrew Morgan |style="font-size:88%"|7-4 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |10-1 |align=left| Drew Foster |style="font-size:88%"|12-9 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|December 4âÂÂ5, 2020 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2020 RTC Cup |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Cincinnati, Ohio |- |Win |9-1 |align=left| Myles Amine |style="font-size:88%"|4-3 |- |Win |8-1 |align=left| Sam Brooks |style="font-size:88%"|14-7 |- |Win |7-1 |align=left| Brett Pfarr |style="font-size:88%"|6-2 |- |Win |6-1 |align=left| Domenic Abounader |style="font-size:88%"|10-6 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |5-1 |align=left| Drew Foster |style="font-size:88%"|7-4 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|October 9âÂÂ11, 2020 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|2020 Senior Nationals |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=6| Coralville, Iowa |- |Win |4-1 |align=left| Rocky Elam |style="font-size:88%"|8-0 |- |Loss |3-1 |align=left| Gabe Dean |style="font-size:88%"|1-2 |- |Win |3-0 |align=left| David McFadden |style="font-size:88%"|7-6 |- |Win |2-0 |align=left| Garrett Joles |style="font-size:88%"|TF 13âÂÂ2 |- |Win |1-0 |align=left| Austin Clayton |style="font-size:88%"|TF 11-0