RALEIGH, N.C. – Led by top-seed R-Fr. Hayden Hidlay at 157 pounds, a total of seven NC State wrestlers earned seeds (top-16 at each weight) for next week’s NCAA Championships in Cleveland. The seven seeded wrestlers, of the nine NC State competitors overall, is a new school record. The Pack also had five with top-five seeds, also a new school-best.
Hidlay enters the NCAA Championships a perfect 22-0 on the season. He is the only freshman (both true and redshirt) that has not suffered a loss, and is one of only 10 D1 wrestlers to enter undefeated.
He earns NC State’s sixth all-time No.