FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi distance runner Shadrack Songok was the final runner with a provisional time selected to compete in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Indoor Championship. On Friday, Songok proved to be more than a worthy selection capturing the second national title of his career with a time of 13:51.26.

Songok, who was competing for the first time at the indoor championsh, defeated Jacob Korir of Eastern Kentucky by nearly two seconds. Korir stopped the clock in 13:52.91. The time was seven seconds faster than his qualifying time of 13:58.19 which he ran last week at Notre Dame.