A Virginia high school track star has been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after hitting an opposing runner over the head with a baton during a relay race captured on video.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Alaila Everett, a track star and senior at I.C. Norcom High School, is speaking out following shocking footage where she struck an opponent in the head with her baton and ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Alaila Everett, a track star and senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, is speaking out about the viral footage showing her strike an opponent in the head with ...

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

a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, was running the second leg of the 4x200-meter relay when her baton struck Kaelen Tucker, a junior from Brookville High School, in the head.

The high school athlete who bashed a competitor in the head with her baton during a track meet in Virginia is now facing criminal charges.

I.C. Norcom High School student athlete Alaila Everett has been charged with assault and battery after bashing an opponent's ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va ... Alaila, a student at I.C. Norcom High School, said her school has been supportive throughout the ordeal. "I have plenty of people in my corner—teachers offering me ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va ... Alaila, a student at I.C. Norcom High School, said her school has been supportive throughout the ordeal. "I have plenty of people in my corner—teachers offering me ...

I.C. Norcom High School was disqualified from ... Everett, a senior at Portsmouth High School, expressed that the incident was purely accidental. "She was touching me to the point where I was ...

Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, told NBC affiliate WAVY that the incident in the viral video was an accident. The sprinter who was struck by the baton ...