Newsweek sought email comment from attorneys for Alaila Everett and Kaelen Tucker on Thursday. According to the Portsmouth, Virginia NAACP, Everett is "an honor student and a star athlete at the ...

Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School ... The sprinter who was struck by the baton, Brookville High School ...

Kaelen Tucker, the injured high school runner who ... teenage runner Tucker got smacked in the head with a baton by opponent Alaila Everett during a meet and that attack reportedly caused her ...

Sadly, we don’t live in a wholly righteous society. For far too many, their moral compass is off. And that leads to terrible consequences for all of us.

I.C. Norcom High School senior Alaila Everett faces the misdemeanor charge ... in which she hit Brookville High School junior Kaelen Tucker with a baton during the 4×200 meter relay at the ...

Brookville High School junior Kaelen Tucker was hit by the baton of fellow competitor Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom ...

In the clip, Alaila Everett was seen striking Kaelen Tucker in the back of her head during the 4x200m relay event, leaving her with a concussion. Tucker was running the second leg of the relay for ...

"I would never hit somebody on purpose," Alaila Everett said of ... during which Everett was seen striking her opponent, Kaelen Tucker, with a baton, according to local news outlet WSLS 10.