Up next for the duo is the 2007 World Wrestling Championships Sept. 17-23 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Rowlands competed first Friday at 120 kg/264.5 pounds and defeated Gustavo Gattareo of Argentina, 7-0, 7-0, and Arjan Bhullar of Canada, 1-0, 1-0, to advance to the finals. It was in the championship match Rowlands faced past world champion Alexis Rodriguez of Cuba and dropped a 2-1, 3-0, decision.
En route to the finals Saturday, Heskett, the OSU volunteer assistant coach, beat Maximo Blanco of Venezuela, 1-0, 2-0, and Matt Gentry of Canada, 1-3, 3-0, 2-0. In the championship bout, Heskett met Cuba's Ivan Fundora, a 2004 Olympic bronze medalist, and lost, 5-0, 3-1.
Overall, the U.S. Wrestling Team finished with 17 medals in both the men and women's freestyle and Greco-Roman competitions. The U.S. medaled in every weight class entered at the Pan American Games.
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