Alaila Everett, a high school senior, said she lost her balance and accidentally hit the other girl when she was pumping her ...

Awaiting the baton for the final lap of Saturday night’s 800-meter sprint medley relay at the Oregon Relays, Roosevelt senior ...

Virginia high school athlete Alaila Everett told "Good Morning America" Tuesday that she never meant to strike her fellow competitor with a baton.

It all unfolded last week at Liberty University in Virginia during the 4x200 relay race at the VHSL Class 3 State Indoor Championship ... the two seemingly bumped arms before Everett swung her baton ...

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

A Virginia high school athlete has been charged with assault and battery following a baton incident that resulted in another ...

Alaila Everett is speaking out after she hit an opponent in the head with her relay baton during a Virginia state championship race on Tuesday, March 4, leading to a wave of backlash and controversy ...

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 ...

A Virginia high school track star was recently struck in the head by a baton-wielding opponent during a state champion relay race. She has since been diagnosed with a concussion and possible skull ...

A teenage school student is being treated for a possible skull fracture after being struck with a baton by a rival runner during a relay race.

Cumberland Valley's 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays and Big Spring's Esther Reed (shot put) won individual events Saturday, and the host Eagles claimed the Bruce Dallas Invitational team title.

A Virginia high school runner suffered a concussion when another runner struck her in the head with a baton during a 4x200-meter relay race last week at Liberty University. “I was so in ...