The United States claimed 10 gold medals at the 2003 Dave Schultz Memorial International Tournament, held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 8-9.     It was the toughest competition in tournament history, with 14 World Champions in the field and top international stars in men's freestyle, men's Greco-Roman and women's freestyle wrestling.    The gold-medal finals on Sunday started with a surprise victory for the United States by Patricia Miranda (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC), who beat three-time World champion Miyu Inoue of Japan in the women's finals at 48 kg/105.5 lbs.    The night ended with a rare loss by 2000 Olympic champion and 2001 World Champion Rulon Gardner (Cascade, Colo./Sunkist Kids). Gardner dropped a 3-0 decision to young Cuban Mijain Lopez in the Greco-Roman finals at 120 kg/264.5 pounds.    Miranda, a 2000 World silver medalist, fell behind 5-2, but led 7-5 at the end of the first period to the talented and experienced Inoue. In the second period, Miranda racked up four takedowns to stretch her lead and win by a convincing 11-6 margin.    Gardner, who is returning to the mats this winter after missing a year due to injuries caused by frostbite, lost his first bout since his miraculous comeback. Lopez scored a takedown, and followed it up with a two-point gutwrench in the first period for the only points in the bout. Lopez is a talented young athlete who has taken over the Cuban heavyweight spot after the retirement of Olympic champion and Greco-Roman legend Hector Millian.    The big story for the U.S. effort came from the women freestylers, who claimed five gold medals. Joining Miranda on the champion podium were Jenny Wong (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 51 kg/112.25 pounds, Sally Roberts (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) at 130 pounds, Sara McMann (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 138.75 pounds and Toccara Montgomery (Cleveland, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 72 kg/158.5 pounds.    Four of the five champions train full-time as U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athletes in Colorado Springs, Colo. under National Women's Coach Terry Steiner.    "The opening of the resident program and the announcement of Olympic women's national wrestling coach Terry Steiner has been big," said Miranda after her stunning victory.    Wong scored all of her points in the second period on the way to a 7-3 win over Ida Hellstrom of Sweden. Wong broke a 0-0 tie with a point from the clinch, then followed it up with a three-point throw to gain a lead she would not relinquish.    Roberts upset six-time U.S. World team member Lauren Lamb (Troy, N.Y./Michigan WC), with a pin at 2:31. Roberts jumped to a 3-0 lead, then stretched it to 6-1 before putting Lamb away with the fall.    McMann defeated five-time World medalist Kristie Marano (Albany, NY/NYAC) in the finals by a 3-1 margin. It was a rematch of last year's World Team Trials finals, won by McMann. McMann scored two points early in the match, and clinched the win with a takedown late in the second period.    Montgomery avenged a loss a week earlier to high school sensation Samantha Lang, (Tualatin, Ore./Unattached), with a lateral drop throw to a pin at 5:47. Lang edged Montgomery in the FILA Manitoba Open in their last meeting. The bout was tied at 5-5 when Montgomery launched Lang for the winning throw.    The U.S. men freestyle wrestlers brought home four gold medals. Leading the way was 1998 World Champion and 2000 Olympic silver medalist Sammie Henson (State College, Pa./Sunkist Kids) at 55 kg/121 lbs. It was Henson's first major international victory since his achievements at the Sydney Olympics.     "I needed this. This is a good win for me," said Henson, who defeated Chikara Tanabe of Japan, 3-2. " I won last week at the Manitoba Open. This is two in a row, back to back. I am back."    Tim Hartung (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm), the No. 1 ranked U.S. wrestler at 211.5 pounds, scored a come-from-behind overtime win for the gold medal. Hartung scored all of his points in overtime for an inspiring 4-2 win over veteran Wilfredo Morales of Cuba. Trailing 2-0 after regulation, Hartung scored from the overtime clinch and added an exposure point to tie it at 2-2. Hartung scored two more points on a counter lift to clinch the win.    The other two U.S. champions were the surprising Jared Frayer (Norman, Okla./Sunkist Kids) at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. and steady Casey Cunningham (Mt. Pleasant, Mich./Sunkist Kids) at 74 kg/163 lbs.    Frayer won a close and controversial 8-7 decision over Doug Schwab (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm). With the bout tied at 6-6, Frayer scored a two-point turn, with a following one-point escape by Schwab for the one-point win. The action was reviewed by the officials, with the edge going to Frayer.    Cunningham, the No. 2 U.S. wrestler at his weight class, was dominant in an 11-1 technical fall over Joe Heskett (San Luis Obispo, Calif./Gator WC. On three occasions, Cunningham was able to turn Heskett for exposure points, and he also dominated the takedown positions.    The U.S. boasted one Greco-Roman champion, 2000 Olympian Kevin Bracken (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) at 66 kg/145.5 pounds. Bracken exploded to a 10-0 technical fall over Dauren Bayakhmetov of Kazakhstan). Bracken had two big three-point lifts in the victory.    "I got it going on him, in terms of pushing myself," said Bracken. "Hopefully, when I push myself to the limit, they are at their edge. One of the big tricks to wrestling when you are tired and pushing hard is to execute your technique as well. That is what our coaches push us on, on a weekly basis.    The quality of wrestling at every weight class was tremendous, evidenced by the many individual champions from foreign nations. The tournament, held in the honor of the late Dave Schultz, a 1984 Olympic champion, is intended to provide high-level competition in the spirit of international goodwill. The 2003 version of the event truly met these goals, and were very entertaining from start to finish.