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Malsam ready to clear one final hurdle

Northern State University’s Bryce Malsam practices on the long jump runway at Swisher Field earlier this month. Photo by John Davis taken 4/8/2021
Bryce Malsam is an overcomer. Put an obstacle in his path and he will find a way to hurdle over it. The Northern State senior track and field standout is in the process of wrapping up a stellar career in the sport. From start to finish, Malsam has used hard work, determination and ingenuity to set himself apart. It started back at Edmunds Central High School when Malsam found some old hurdles that he set up in a shop on the family farm. "There were some old school hurdles back when it was just Roscoe High School that we found in the storage garage," Malsam said. "That’s how we basically started off." It was only fitting that those out of date hurdles would be the tools that Malsam trained on to turn himself into one of the premiere hurdlers in the state. That simplistic underdog role fit him perfectly. Still does. "Me and my coach back in the day in high school, we talked about how a small school, we maybe don’t have all the resources, but sometimes that just drives

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