There were three gold medallists in the women's freestyle division of the Pan American Championships in Caracas, Venezuela, March 15-16.    Held three of every four years during the non-Pan American Games years, the Pan American Championships features the best wrestlers in North, Central and South America.    Leading the way was Patricia Miranda (Saratoga, Calif./Dave Schultz WC) at 112 pounds and Stephanie Murata (Reno, Nev./Sunkist Kids) at 121 pounds. Miranda won her title with a technical fall and two pins. Miranda's first victim was Valeria Corvalan of Chile who was pinned in 3:30. Next up was Ivelisse Nunez of the Dominican Republic who ended up losing by tech. fall. Finally, Miranda pinned Magdalena Arellano of Mexico in a mere 58 seconds to secure her victory. This was Miranda's first Pan Am crown with a perfect 3-0 record in the tournament.      Murata had two technical falls and one pin on her path to the gold. She was able to defeat both Marcia Andrade of Venezuela and Livanis Rivera of Puerto Rico by tech. fall. Murata then grappled with Janet Sovero of Peru and pinned her in 1:53. Murata repeated her victory from a year before and also boasted a 3-0 record for the tournament.    The other gold was awarded to Toccara Montgomery (Cleveland, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 147.5. Montgomery competed in the smallest weight class at the tournament and won by fall over her Venezuelan opponent, Xiomara Guevara. This placed Montgomery at 1-0 for the tournament.    Capturing silver for the U.S. team was Tonya Evinger (Bates City, Mo./Missouri Valley WC) at 130 pounds and Grace Magnusson (Marshall, Mo./Dave Schultz WC) at 138.5 pounds.     Evinger lost to both Mabel Fonseca of Puerto Rico, the defending champion and Virginia Mendoza of Mexico. Evinger's victories came against Saira Martinez of El Salvador and Yoselin Rojas, of Venezuela. Evinger was awarded the bronze medal because of positive points.    Magnusson put together a 2-1 record with a technical fall, a decision and one loss. Magnussen won first over Lili Canales of El Salvador with a tech. fall and then decisioned Damris Ubieres of the Dominican Republic. Magnussen's only loss came to Unilse Hurtado of Venezuela where she was pinned in 3:42.    Bronze medals were awarded to Clarissa Chun (Marshall, Mo./Missouri Valley WC) at 105.5 pounds and Iris Smith (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 158.5 pounds.     Chun lost her first match to a Venezuelan challenger, Mayelis Caripa, who was the defending champion, by decision. She then came back victorious over Ingrid Medrano of El Salvador with a pin in 4:09. In her final match, Chun also pinned her Brazilian opponent, Daniela Polzin in a quick 1:22.      Smith won her first bout over a Puerto Rican contender, Ivelis Aponte, by decision and lost her next match to a Canadian opponent, Ohenewa Akuffo by a technical fall. Smith then came back to pin Alma Dominguez of Mexic for the bronze.    All seven competitors for the U.S. team medalled making it possible to claim the team title with 64 points. "Our girls represented us well," said coach Afsoon Johnston. "What a thrill to see all seven medal! We have much to look farward to."    Coming in second with team scoring was Venezuela with 59 points, followed by Mexico with 37 points. Fourth place was taken by El Salvador with 28 points, just behind them was Peru with 26 points, followed by Puerto Rico with 20. Tied for seventh place was the Dominican Republic and Brazil each with 13 points, followed by Canada with 10. Rounding out the team placings was Chile with 7 points.     Coach Rusty Davidson said, 'This championship is important to us. This is our first continental championship since the Olympic announcement and we came here to stake out our territory." He continued, "We can win, two girls deep at all four olympic weights. Our younger women showed great courage here and our experienced athletes gave us solid leadership. With this combination we will continue to improve and dominate."