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Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com

LAS VEGAS – As is always the case in wrestling, you reach one goal, there’s another.

Former Central Michigan All-American Wynn Michalak defeated Scott Schiller of Minneapolis, 12-4, in the 97 kg (213 pounds) gold-medal match Saturday at the USA Wrestling U.S. Nationals/Olympic Trials Qualifier at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Michalak, a three-time All-American at CMU from 2004-08, wrestles for the California-based Titan Mercury Wrestling Club and is a volunteer assistant coach at Illinois. It was Michalak’s first U.S. Nationals title, and it punched his ticket to the U.