Austin's Shelden Finishes 8th at Lake Wanaka Half (New Zealand)

Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas competitor Brian Shelden, 40, of Austin, who went 9:35:54 at Kona and earned a trip for '11 at November's Ironman Florida in 9:21:23, finished 8th earlier today - January 15, 2011 - in New Zealand at the Lake Wanaka Half (part of the Challenge race series) in 4:46:30.