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Dymond Guilford

2x Senior World Team member at 76 kg (2022, 2026); 2022 U23 World silver medalist; 2022 Pan American champion; WCWA and NAIA champion

Lancaster, CA · Eastside HS · University of the Cumberlands

By Joe Spisak, Pennsylvania state champion and 4x NCAA qualifier at Virginia · Published October 6, 2026

Dymond Guilford is a U.S. freestyle wrestler from Lancaster, Calif., a two-time Senior World Team member at 76 kg, about 167.5 pounds, and the 2022 U23 World silver medalist. She began wrestling as a junior at Eastside High School. As a senior in 2017 she won the CIF state title at 170 pounds, beating Emma Reusing of Hillcrest 4-2 in Visalia.

At Missouri Baptist University she made the 2018 Junior World Team and placed 11th at the U20 Worlds in Trnava, Slovakia. In February 2019 she won the WCWA title at 170 pounds, 10-0 over Kiera Gabaldon of Warner Pacific. In March she pinned her sister, Precious Bell of Menlo College, in the 170-pound final of the first NAIA women's invitational.

Seeded first at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Fort Worth, Texas, she lost 8-0 to Kylie Welker of Titan Mercury WC. At the University of the Cumberlands she won the 2022 NAIA invitational at 170.

In 2022 she won the U.S. Open and the Pan American title in Acapulco, Mexico. She swept Yelena Makoyed of North Central at Final X in Stillwater, Okla., to make her first Senior World Team. She placed 19th at the World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, and lost the U23 World final in Pontevedra, Spain, 2-1 to Tatiana Renteria of Colombia.

As a Cumberlands graduate student she went 21-0 in 2022-23 and won the first NAIA women's championships at 170, pinning Joye Levendusky of Southern Oregon. She placed fourth at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. In 2025 she won the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, then lost her Final X series to Welker.

In April 2026 she won the U.S. Open in Las Vegas, 3-1 over NCAA champion Tristan Kelly of McKendree. On Sept. 25 in Hilliard, Ohio, she lost the first Final X bout to Welker 4-1, then won 3-2 and 7-1 to make her second Senior World Team.

She lives in Colorado Springs, trains at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center and wrestles for Titan Mercury WC under personal coach Vladislav Izboinikov. USA Wrestling ranks her No. 1 at 76 kg for the 2026-27 season.

Results

Season	Level	Event	Weight	Place	Note
2016-17	High school	CIF State Championships, Visalia	170 lb	1st	5-0. Beat Emma Reusing of Hillcrest 4-2 in the final, a week after placing second at the CIF Southern Section finals. Named Daily News Girls Wrestler of the Year.
2018	Age group	U20 World Championships, Trnava, Slovakia	76 kg	11th	Also the 2018 UWW Junior Women's Nationals champion.
2018-19	College	WCWA National Championships, Marietta, Ga.	170 lb	1st	Seeded third for Missouri Baptist, she pinned Kori Bullock of McKendree in the semifinal and beat Kiera Gabaldon of Warner Pacific 10-0 in the final. She was fourth at the WCWA Nationals a year earlier.
2018-19	College	NAIA Women's Wrestling National Invitational, Jamestown, N.D.	170 lb	1st	The first NAIA women's invitational. Seeded first for Missouri Baptist, she beat Rachel Watters of Oklahoma City 10-0 in the semifinal and pinned Precious Bell, also of Lancaster, Calif., in 2:36 in the final.
2021-22	College	NAIA National Invitational, Jamestown, N.D.	170 lb	1st	Her first season with Cumberlands. Beat Bailey Dennis of Southern Oregon 10-0 in the semifinal and Olivia Robinson of Eastern Oregon 7-0 in the final.
2022	Senior	U.S. Open	76 kg	1st
2022	Senior	Pan American Championships, Acapulco, Mexico	76 kg	1st	4-0. Her first senior Pan American Championships. She beat Genesis Reasco of Ecuador 1-1 in the final after technical falls over Maria Jose Acosta of Venezuela and Linda Machuca of Argentina.
2022	Senior	Final X, Stillwater, Okla.	76 kg	1st	Swept Yelena Makoyed in the best-of-three series, 10-5 and 12-2, for the 2022 Senior World Team spot. A 2026 USA Wrestling preview gives the two scores in the other order.
2022	Senior	World Championships, Belgrade, Serbia	76 kg	19th
2022	Age group	U23 World Championships, Pontevedra, Spain	76 kg	2nd	3-1. Beat Daniela Tkachuk of Poland 10-0, Yasuha Matsuyuki of Japan 6-1 and Inkara Zhanatayeva of Kazakhstan 11-0, then lost the final 2-1 to Tatiana Renteria of Colombia.
2022-23	College	NAIA Championships, Jamestown, N.D.	170 lb	1st	4-0. The first season the NAIA tournament was a championship rather than an invitational. Beat Liliana Vergara of Campbellsville in the semifinal and pinned Joye Levendusky of Southern Oregon in 3:59 in the final, finishing the season 21-0.
2025	Senior	Final X	76 kg	2nd	Lost the best-of-three series to Kylie Welker, 2-1 and 9-1.
2026	Senior	U.S. Open, Las Vegas	76 kg	1st	Beat NCAA champion Tristan Kelly of Army WCAP 3-1 in the final, scoring a step-out point with 33 seconds left.
2026	Senior	Final X, Hilliard, Ohio	76 kg	1st	Won the best-of-three series over Kylie Welker two bouts to one: lost 4-1, won 3-2, won 7-1, for her second Senior World Team spot.

What we could not confirm

Anything not on this page, a high school record, a final score, a season, was left out because no primary source stated it when this was written. If you have a bracket, a program, or a clipping, send it to the operator, Joe Spisak, at joe@spisak.co and the page gets the number.

Sources

https://www.themat.com/profiles/dymond-guilford · USA Wrestling athlete profile: hometown Lancaster, Calif., Eastside High School, educated at DeVry University and the University of the Cumberlands. She lives in Colorado Springs, trains at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center and wrestles for Titan Mercury WC under personal coach Vladislav Izboinikov. It ranks her No. 1 at 76 kg/167.5 pounds for 2026-27 and lists her 19th at the 2022 Senior Worlds, U23 World silver in 2022, 11th at the 2018 U20 Worlds, 2022 U.S. Open and Pan American champion, fourth at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, and 2026 U.S. Open and Final X champion. It lists her third at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, while FloWrestling's recap lists Victoria Francis third at 76 kg.
https://www.themat.com/news/2026/september/25/bassett-sweeps-guilford-wins-in-three-to-secure-world-team-spots-at-final-x-presented-by-kerberos-capital-management · USA Wrestling, Sept. 25, 2026: at Hilliard Davidson High School in Hilliard, Ohio, Dymond Guilford (USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) beat Kylie Welker two matches to one at 76 kg, Welker winning round one 4-1 and Guilford rounds two and three 3-2 and 7-1, for her second Senior World Team. She rounds out the 30-athlete U.S. team for the Senior World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Oct. 24 to Nov. 1.
https://www.themat.com/news/2026/september/30/dymond-guilford-named-usa-wrestling-athlete-of-the-week · USA Wrestling, Sept. 30, 2026: named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week, listed as Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC. She made her first Senior World Team and took U23 World silver in 2022. In 2026 she took bronze at the Muhamet Malo Ranking Series in Tirana, Albania, and silver at the Polyak Imre, Varga Janos & Kozma Istvan Memorial in Budapest. She will compete at the 2026 Senior World Championships in Astana.
https://www.themat.com/news/2026/september/17/welker-guilford-duel-at-76-kg-in-women-s-freestyle-at-2026-final-x-presented-by-kerberos-capital-management-wrestle-off-in-ohio · USA Wrestling, Sept. 17, 2026 preview: she went 4-0 as the top seed at the 2026 U.S. Open, beating NCAA champion Tristan Kelly of McKendree 3-1 in the final. The Welker-Guilford rivalry began at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, where Welker won 8-0. Welker beat her 5-4 in the third-place bout at the 2024 Trials and 2-1 and 9-1 at 2025 Final X. This page gives her 2022 Final X wins over Yelena Makoyed as 12-2 and 10-5.
https://www.themat.com/news/2025/june/06/welker-guilford-to-meet-at-76-kg-in-women-s-freestyle-at-2025-final-x-in-newark-n-j- · USA Wrestling, June 6, 2025 preview: after placing third at the 2025 U.S. Open she won the Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament in Louisville, Ky., beating Yelena Makoyed 5-3 in the final. She swept Makoyed 10-5 and 12-2 at 2022 Final X in Stillwater, Okla. This page calls her a WCWA champion for Missouri Baptist in 2019 and a three-time NAIA champion, once with Missouri Baptist (2019) and twice with Cumberlands (2022, 2023).
https://www.themat.com/news/features/2022/october/20/guilford-silver-howk-bronze · USA Wrestling, Oct. 20, 2022, U23 World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain: silver at 76 kg after wins over Daniela Tkachuk of Poland, Yasuha Matsuyuki of Japan and Inkara Zhanatayeva of Kazakhstan and a 2-1 loss to Tatiana Renteria of Colombia in the final. It lists her as a member of the 2022 Senior World Team.
https://www.themat.com/news/features/2022/may/07/pan-am-day-three-wrap · USA Wrestling, May 7, 2022: gold at 76 kg at the Pan American Championships in Acapulco, Mexico, in her first senior Pan Am tournament after a junior silver in 2019. She beat Genesis Reasco of Ecuador 1-1 in the final.
https://www.themat.com/team-usa/world-team-history · USA Wrestling World Team history: 2022 Belgrade, Serbia, Dymond Guilford, women's freestyle 167 lbs., did not place.
https://www.themat.com/team-usa/national-team · USA Wrestling women's freestyle national team: 76 kg, Dymond Guilford, Kylie Welker, Tristan Kelly.
https://www.themat.com/2026-final-x · USA Wrestling 2026 Final X event page: the 76 kg series between Kylie Welker and Dymond Guilford was delayed and not wrestled in Newark.
https://usawrestlingevents.com/event/2200166602 · USA Wrestling Events: 2022 Final X, Stillwater, Okla., June 3, 2022, at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Bout 2 was 76 kg, Dymond Guilford vs. Yelena Makoyed, for the spot at the 2022 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
https://nwhof.org/news/senior-women-s-freestyle-champions-crowned-at-u-s-open · National Wrestling Hall of Fame, 2026 U.S. Open Championships in Las Vegas, April 24: Dymond Guilford (Titan Mercury WC) beat NCAA champion Tristan Kelly 3-1 in the 76 kg final, earning a step-out point with 33 seconds left.
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6957315-maroulis-gray-return-to-the-games-womens-olympic-team-trials-recap · FloWrestling recap of the 2021 Olympic Team Trials in Fort Worth, Texas: at 76 kg, Kylie Welker beat No. 1 seed Dymond Guilford 8-0 on her way to the final. The page lists Victoria Francis third.
https://cumberlandspatriots.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster/dymond-guilford/17063 · University of the Cumberlands roster, 2022-23: graduate student at 170, hometown Lancaster, Calif., previous school Missouri Baptist, Eastside High School. She was NAIA national champion and All-American in 2021-22 and 2022-23, 21-0 in 2022-23 and 8-1 in 2021-22, with a career record of 29-1.
https://cumberlandspatriots.com/news/2022/3/10/womens-wrestling-patriots-prepare-for-naia-national-invitational.aspx · Cumberlands, March 10, 2022: seeded fifth at 170 for the NAIA National Invitational in Jamestown, N.D., after placing second at the Mid-South Conference championships.
https://cumberlandspatriots.com/news/2022/3/12/womens-wrestling-guilford-wins-naia-national-championship.aspx · Cumberlands, March 12, 2022: won the 170 title in Jamestown, N.D., 10-0 over Bailey Dennis of Southern Oregon in the semifinal and 7-0 over Olivia Robinson of Eastern Oregon in the final. It was her first season with the team after joining at the semester. The page calls it the second collegiate title of her career.
https://cumberlandspatriots.com/news/2023/3/12/womens-wrestling-guilford-secures-second-straight-naia-national-title.aspx · Cumberlands, March 12, 2023: won her second straight NAIA title at 170 by pinning Joye Levendusky of Southern Oregon at 3:59, after beating Liliana Vergara of Campbellsville in the semifinal. She went 21-0 for the season. She was the first wrestler in the program's history to win two NAIA national championships, in the first season the NAIA tournament was a championship rather than an invitational.
https://souraiders.com/news/2023/3/11/womens-wrestling-raiders-dominate-day-2-to-claim-naia-national-championship.aspx · Southern Oregon, March 11, 2023, inaugural NAIA Championships at Newman Arena, Jamestown, N.D.: No. 1 Dymond Guilford of Cumberlands pinned No. 2 Joye Levendusky in 3:59 in the 170 final.
https://nwcaonline.com/news/2023/5/12/national-wrestling-coaches-association-university-of-the-cumberlands-elevate-allen-to-lead-womens-wrestling-program.aspx · National Wrestling Coaches Association, May 12, 2023: Dymond Guilford became Cumberlands' first two-time NAIA national champion, winning 170 in 2022 and 2023.
https://cumberlandspatriots.com/news/2026/9/30/womens-wrestling-guilford-earns-spot-on-second-senior-world-team.aspx · Cumberlands, Sept. 30, 2026: the former Cumberlands wrestler and two-time NAIA national champion made her second U.S. Senior World Team by beating Kylie Welker two matches to one. She made her first in 2022 by sweeping Yelena Makoyed, 10-5 and then 12-2. She will represent Team USA at 76 kg in Astana, Kazakhstan, with competition slated for Oct. 27-28.
https://mbuspartans.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster/dymond-guilford/5221 · Missouri Baptist roster: Dymond Guilford, freshman at 170 in 2017-18 and sophomore in 2018-19, hometown Lancaster, Calif., Eastside High School.
https://mbuspartans.com/news/2018/5/17/womens-wrestling-guilford-reaches-new-heights-makes-junior-world-team.aspx · Missouri Baptist, May 17, 2018: as a freshman she made the 2018 U.S. women's freestyle Junior World Team at 76 kg at the trials in Irving, Texas, beating Mariah Harris of Campbellsville 12-10 and 6-0. She was crowned CIF state champion as a high school senior, began wrestling as a junior at Eastside High School, and placed fourth at the 2018 WCWA Nationals.
https://mbuspartans.com/news/2019/2/9/guilford-crowned-wcwa-national-champion-at-170-pounds.aspx · Missouri Baptist, Feb. 9, 2019, Marietta, Ga.: sophomore Dymond Guilford, seeded third, won the WCWA title at 170 pounds, pinning Kori Bullock of McKendree in the semifinal and beating Kiera Gabaldon of Warner Pacific 10-0 in the final.
https://mbuspartans.com/news/2019/3/16/womens-wrestling-guilford-wins-first-ever-naia-invitational-title-at-170-lbs.aspx · Missouri Baptist, March 16, 2019, Jamestown, N.D.: seeded first at 170 at the inaugural NAIA Women's Wrestling National Invitational, she beat Rachel Watters of Oklahoma City 10-0 and pinned Precious Bell, also of Lancaster, Calif., at 2:36 of the first period in the final, the first NAIA women's All-American for Missouri Baptist.
https://www.jamestownsun.com/sports/sibling-rivalry-guilford-bell-battle-for-first-170-pound-national-title · Jamestown Sun, March 16, 2019: sisters Dymond Guilford of Missouri Baptist and Precious Bell of Menlo College met in the 170-pound final of the first NAIA Women's Wrestling Invitational, and Guilford won by pin at 2:36. It was their seventh meeting in two years.
https://www.dailynews.com/2017/04/10/eastside-wrestler-dymond-guilford-pins-down-top-honors-to-lead-daily-news-all-area-team/ · Los Angeles Daily News, April 10, 2017: Eastside's Dymond Guilford, Daily News Girls Wrestler of the Year and a Missouri Baptist recruit, went 5-0 at the state meet in Visalia and beat Emma Reusing of Hillcrest 4-2 for the state title, a week after placing second at the CIF Southern Section finals.
https://cifss.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/girls-wrestling.pdf · CIF Southern Section records: Dymond Guilford of Eastside, 2016 Southern Section girls champion at 170 pounds, and 2017 state girls champion at 170 pounds.
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/7804656-the-full-final-x-stillwater-womens-freestyle-preview · FloWrestling, June 1, 2022, Final X Stillwater women's preview: at 76 kg, Dymond Guilford (USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) meets Yelena Makoyed (Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC) of North Central. Makoyed beat her 10-8 at the Senior World Team Trials the previous fall at 72 kg, and Guilford pinned Makoyed at the U.S. Open in April at 76 kg.

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