Rising redshirt-sophomore Hayden Hidlay won the Gold at 70 kg, while recently graduated Michael Macchiavello won the 92 kg weight class.
With their wins, both Hidlay and Macchiavello advance to the U23 World Championships which will take place in Romania in November.
After placing second at Senior-level events, the U.S. Open and the World Team Trials, Hidlay broke through claiming Gold at the U23 World Team Trials. Hidlay advanced to the best-of-3 finals with six straight wins, all techs and outscoring those final five foes 51-0.
In the finals, Hidlay took the first bout 8-4 over Northwestern’s Ryan Deakin, only for Deakin to even the series 1-1 after a tech.