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<\/a>and\u00a0\u00a0outscored Maren 6-1 in the second period to earn a gold medal in his first career Pan Am Games appearance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Metcalf\u2019s path to the finals included a 10-0 technical fall in the quarterfinals, and a 10-8 decision in the semifinals. He trailed Puerto Rico\u2019s Franklin Gomez, 8-3, in the semifinals before scoring seven unanswered points and advancing to the gold medal match.<\/p>\n
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The United States also got a gold medal performance from Adeline Gray in women\u2019s freestyle, and a silver medal effort from Angel Escobedo in men\u2019s freestyle.<\/p>\n
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The Pan Am Games continue Saturday<\/span><\/span> with Jordan Burroughs and Tervel Dlagnev aiming to defend their 2011 Pan Am gold medals. ESPN3 is providing a live stream of the event.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Metcalf returns to the mat Sept. 7-12<\/span><\/span> at the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Brent Metcalf (65 kg\/143 lbs.)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\nQuarterfinals: Metcalf tech. fall Marbin Miranda Casasola (Guatemala), 10-0<\/span><\/p>\nSemifinals: Metcalf dec. Franklin Gomez (Puerto Rico), 10-8<\/span><\/p>\nFinals: Metcalf dec. Franklin Maren (Cuba), 8-2<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former Hawkeye NCAA champion earns title in first Pan Am appearance TORONTO — Former University of Iowa national champion Brent Metcalf won a gold medal Friday at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto, Canada. Metcalf defeated Cuba\u2019s Franklin Maren, 8-2, in the 65 kg\/143 lb. finals. He trailed 1-0 in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>and\u00a0\u00a0outscored Maren 6-1 in the second period to earn a gold medal in his first career Pan Am Games appearance.<\/p>\n