A Virgina high school track and field star was left with head injuries after she was hit over the back of the head by her opponent last Tuesday.

A high school track athlete faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery after a viral video showed her hitting a competitor's head with her baton during a race.

I’ve never been in a fight, I’ve always been on honour roll ... so just people making, off a nine-second video, they’re assuming my character,' runner Alaila Everett said.

A high school sprinter was charged with assault after striking a competitor in the head with a metal baton during a track ... the second leg of the 4x200 relay at the Virginia High School League ...

When we got off the curve I slowly started passing her and then that's when she just hit me with a baton and I fell off the ...

Tucker will also join her schoolmates under the name Brookville TC in the 4×200 meter relay, the same race ... forward and striking Tucker with the metal baton. Tucker detoured off the track ...

She ran the second leg for her team in the 4×200 relay race. As she was getting ... School rival in the back of the head with her metal baton. Tucker suffered a concussion and a “possible ...

The anchor leg is not just about being the fastest runner on the team. All members of the relay team and important. However, ...

A runner competing in an indoor track meet was left with a concussion after a competitor hit her in the head with the relay baton. Kaelen Tucker was running for Brookville High in the Virginia ...

King Charles has launched the King's Baton Relay at Buckingham Palace, ahead of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. It is the 18th official Commonwealth Games relay and marks 500 days until the ...