Pan American Championships gold medalists Andrew Bisek (left) and Chas Betts. Gary Abbott photo. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Cuba hadn’t lost a match all day. Americans Andrew Bisek and Chas Betts were determined to change that. Bisek delivered by scoring a turn in the final 30 seconds to earn a dramatic 0-1, 1-0, 2-0 win over Cuba’s Alexi Bell Caballero in the Pan American Championships finals at 74 kg/163 lbs. Betts followed suit by knocking off past World silver and bronze medalist Pablo Shorey Hernandez of Cuba 2-0, 2-1 in the finals at 84 kg/185 lbs. Betts scored a first-period turn before Hernandez was penalized for a second-period caution in par terre. Bisek and Betts led the U.S. Greco-Roman team that won seven medals as the three-day event kicked off on Friday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. The U.S. went a perfect 6-0 in the medal round. Bisek, a 2011 U.S. World Team member, won his first Pan Am Championships title. Bisek had lost to the Cuban earlier this month at the Granma Cup in Havana. “I had wrestled him before and that helped,†Bisek said. “I stayed in better position and I was able to be effective. I saw an opening and was able to get a lift at the end. It was an exciting match.†Betts, a 2009 U.S. World Team member, also won his first Pan American Championships title. He was second in this event in 2008. “The plan was to burn him on his feet as hard as I can and try to take away his strengths which is par terre,†Betts said. “He’s a big lifter with a good gut wrench. Pushing him as hard as I did worked out for me.†American Jermaine Hodge went 3-1 in the round-robin competition and won a silver medal at 55 kg/121 lbs. Hodge fell to past Junior World silver medalist Javier Dumenigo Gonzalez 2-0, 1-0 in his first bout. Gonzalez won the gold medal. American’s Joe Betterman (60 kg/132 lbs.), Ben Sanchez (66 kg/145.5 lbs.), Justin Ruiz (96 kg/211.5 lbs.) and Pete Kowalczuk (120 kg/264.5 lbs.) each won bronze medals on Friday. Betterman downed Panama’s Moises Soto 1-0, 7-0 in the bronze-medal match. Betterman took control by rolling to the second-period win. Sanchez swept Ecuador’s Vicente Huacon 1-0, 2-0 in the bronze-medal match. Sanchez defended in par terre in the first period and scored a gut wrench in the second period to prevail. Ruiz earned a 4-0, 1-3, 3-0 win over Canada’s Korey Jarvis in the bronze-medal match. Ruiz, a past World bronze medalist, has won this event four times. Kowalczuk scored a second-period fall over Chile’s Andres Ayub in the bronze-medal match. Four-time World champion and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Mijain Lopez of Cuba won the title at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Lopez has won this event eight times. Cuba won the team title after crowning five champions on Friday. The U.S. finished second. The women’s freestyle competition is scheduled for Saturday with the freestyle competition set for Sunday in Colorado Springs. FINALS RESULTS 55 kg/121 lbs. Javier Dumenigo Gonzalez (Cuba) wins title with 4-0 record in round-robin format Jermaine Hodge (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army), finishes second with 3-1 record Andres Taborda (Colombia), finishes third with 2-2 record 60 kg/132 lbs. Ismael Borrero (Cuba) dec. Andres Muntano (Ecuador), 1-1, 4-0, 6-0 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Pedro Isaac Mulens Herrera (Cuba) dec. Ivan Duque (Colombia), 1-0, 1-0 74 kg/163 lbs. Andrew Bisek (Colorado Springs, Colo./Minnesota Storm) dec. Alexei Bell Caballero (Cuba), 0-1, 1-0, 2-0 84 kg/185 lbs. Chas Betts (Colorado Springs, Colo./Minnesota Storm) dec. Pablo Shorey Hernandez (Cuba), 2-0, 2-1 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Yasmany Lugo Cabrera (Cuba) won by injury default over Erwin Caraballo (Venezuela) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Mijain Lopez (Cuba) pinned Ramon Garcia (Dominican Republic), 2-0, 0:30 MEDAL WINNERS 55 kg/121 lbs. Gold – Javier Dumenigo Gonzalez (Cuba) Silver – Jermaine Hodge (USA) Bronze – Andres Taborda (Colombia 60 kg/132 lbs. Gold – Ismael Borrero (Cuba) Silver – Andres Muntano (Ecuador) Bronze – Joe Betterman (USA) Bronze – Jansel Ramirez (Dominican Republic) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Gold – Pedro Isaac Mulens Herrera (Cuba) Silver – Ivan Duque (Colombia) Bronze – Ben Sanchez (USA) Bronze – Anyelo Mota Brea (Dominican Republic) 74 kg/163 lbs. Gold – Andrew Bisek (USA) Silver – Alexei Bell Caballero (Cuba) Bronze – Maximiliano Prudenzano (Argentina) Bronze – Jose Luillys Perez (Venezuela) 84 kg/185 lbs. Gold – Chas Betts (USA) Silver – Pablo Shorey Hernandez (Cuba) Bronze – Jose Arias (Dominican Republic) Bronze – Christian Mosquera (Colombia) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Gold – Yasmany Lugo Cabrera (Cuba) Silver – Erwin Caraballo (Venezuela) Bronze – Justin Ruiz (USA) Bronze – Raul Angulo (Colombia) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Gold – Mijain Lopez (Cuba) Silver – Ramon Garcia (Dominican Republic) Bronze – Pete Kowalczuk (USA) Bronze – Sunny Dhinsa (Canada) U.S. RESULTS 55 kg/121 lbs. – Jermaine Hodge, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) – 2nd LOSS Javier Dumenigo Gonzalez (Cuba), 0-2, 0-1 WIN Ali Soto Macias (Mexico), 1-0, 6-0 WIN Andres Taborda (Colombia), 1-0, 2-0 WIN Mayea Jefferson (Ecuador), 1-0, 6-0 60 kg/132 lbs. – Joe Betterman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) – 3rd WIN Arley Machado (Brazil), 2-0, 1-0 LOSS Ismael Borrero (Cuba), 0-3, 0-4 WIN Moises Soto (Panama), 1-0, 7-0 66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Ben Sanchez, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC) – 3rd WIN Luis Centeno (Puerto Rico), 2-0, 1-0 LOSS Pedro Isaac Mulens (Cuba), 0-2, 0-1 WIN Vicente Huacon (Ecuador), 1-0, 2-0 74 kg/163 lbs. – Andrew Bisek, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm) – 1st WIN Alvis Almendra (Panama), 4-0, 1-0 WIN Jose Luillys Perez (Venezuela), 1-0, 1-0 WIN Alexei Bel Caballero (Cuba), 0-1, 1-0, 2-0 84 kg/185 lbs. – Chas Betts, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm) – 1st WIN Eric Feunekes (Canada), 3-0, 6-0 WIN Christian Mosquera (Colombia), 2-1, 1-0 WIN Pablo Shorey Hernandez (Cuba), 2-0, 2-1 96 kg/211.5 lbs. – Justin Ruiz, Orem, Utah (New York AC) – 3rd WIN Leonardo Nascimento (Brazil), 5-1, 7-0 LOSS Yasmany Lugo Cabrera (Cuba), 0-3, 2-1, 0-1 WIN Korey Jarvis (Canada), 4-0, 1-3, 3-0 120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Pete Kowalczuk, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) – 3rd LOSS Ramon Garcia (Dominican Republic), 2-1, 0-1, 0-2 WIN Andres Ayub (Chile), 2-0, fall 0:32