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WolfPack Wrestling Brings Home Three Podium Finishes at U.S. Senior Nationals

Hayden and Trent Hidlay both finish third while Jakob Camacho takes seventh
CORALVILLE, IOWA – A trio of current NC State wrestlers returned to the mat this weekend, and brought home podium finishes at the U.S. Senior Nationals at Coralville, Iowa this weekend. All three competed in freestyle this weekend, their first wrestling matches since helping the Wolfpack win the 2020 ACC Championship back in March.  
R-Sr. Hayden Hidlay took third at 74 kg, brother R-So. Trent Hidlay was also third (86 kg), and fellow R-So. Jakob Camacho was seventh at 57 kg.  
Hayden Hidlay came in as the sixth seed, and captured the bronze. Hidlay opened with techs of 10-0 and 11-0 then a 9-5 win before falling in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Anthony Valencia of Arizona State. He came back in the consolation rounds with a 10-1 win and then 7-1 over former NCAA finalist Joey Lavallee. That set up a huge battle with David Carr of Iowa State, which saw Hidlay come out top 10-5. In the third place bout, Hidlay downed the second seed, Evan Wick of Wisconsin, 11-8, a takedown and three leg laces opened up the scoring.  
Coming in as the third seed, Trent Hidlay held that spot and also earned a bronze finish. Hidlay also raced out with a pair of techs (11-0 and 13-2) before taking out former Virginia Tech four-time All-American David McFadden 7-6 in the semifinals. He fell in the semifinals to eventual champion, former Cornell national champion Gabe Dean 2-1. In the consolation bracket, he opened with an 8-0 win over Elam of Missouri, and in the third place bout he took out former Northern Iowa national champion Drew Foster, 7-4.
 Competing in his first senior-level freestyle event, Camacho brought home a seventh place finish at 57 kg after coming in as the 10^th seed. Camacho started with back-to-back techs of 14-1 and 10-0 before falling to eventual champion Vitali Arujau of Cornell. Camacho then went 2-1 in the consolation bracket, highlight by a 5-2 win over Shelton Mack (NYC RTC) in the seventh place bout.
 All three are now qualified to take an Olympic redshirt this upcoming collegiate season. … rest of the story at _{https://gopack.com/news/2020/10/11/wrestling-packwrestle-brings-home-three-podium-finishes-at-us-senior-nationals.aspx}
 

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New College Teams – Part Two (2018-2020)

TDR Editor’s Notes ; The schools listed below started college wrestling programs in the past two seasons. They are Part two of our three part series on the growth of college wrestling opportunities.

Starting in the 2019-2020 season ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Men’s Wrestling Teams
Div. I – University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
Div. II – Fairmont State Univ. (W.V.), Lander Univ. (S.C.), Mount Olive Univ. (N.C.)
Div. III – Alvernia Univ. (Pa.), Davis & Elkins Coll. (W.V.), Fontbonne Univ. (Mo.),
JUCO – SW Virginia Comm.Coll.,, Union County College (N.J.)
NAIA – Arizona Christian Univ., Central Methodist Univ., Cleary Univ. (Mich.), Corban Univ. (Ore.), Keiser Univ. (Flor.), Rochester College (Mi.), Texas Wesleyan, Vanguard Univ. (Cal.)

Women’s Wrestling Teams – Augsburg Univ., Central Methodist Univ., East Stroudaburg Univ., Fontbonne Univ. (Mo.), Grand View Univ., Life Pacific Univ., Limestone College, Lock Haven Univ., North Central College (Ill.), Simpson Univ. (Cal.), Texas Wesleyan, Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Drops – Kansas Wesleyan, Lindenwood-Belleville (merged w/ St. Charles), Truman State Univ., Wheeling Jesuit Univ.

Starting in the 2018-2019 season ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Men’s Wrestling Teams
Div. I – Presbyterian College (S.C.)
Div. II – Kentucky Wesleyan, Urbana Univ. (Oh.)
Div. III – Defiance College (Oh.), Ohio Wesleyan, Univ. of Pittsburgh-Bradford, Schreiner Univ. (Tex.), Wilmington College (Oh.)
NAIA – Life Pacific College (Cal.), Midway Univ. (Ky.), Oklahoma Wesleyan, Rochester College,
JUCO – Garrett County Comm. Coll. (Md.)

Women’s Wrestling Teams – Baker Univ. (Ks.), Big Bend Comm. Coll. (Wa.), Central Christian College (Ks.), Colorado Mesa Univ., Gannon Univ., Kentucky Wesleyan, Lakeland Univ. (Wisc.),  Presbyterian College (S.C.), Schreiner Univ. (Tex.), Southwestern College (Ks.), Tiffin Univ. (Oh.), York College (Neb.)

Drops – Bacon College (closed), Eastern Michigan, Hampden-Sydney (Va.),

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