Brownsville's Art Hurtado finishes eighth in Nebraska's Cowboy 200

Oct. 6—Brownsville ultra runner Art Hurtado finished eighth in the Cowboy 200, running halfway across the state of Nebraska in 54:18.23 the weekend of Sept. 25-27. The race follows the old-rail Cowboy Trail through 200 miles of Nebraska back-country from Norfolk to Valentine. The route is extraordinarily flat, full of crushed limestone trails, and winds past legacy railroad infrastructure and...