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

Portsmouth rallied behind Alaila Everett, a 17-year-old who is facing backlash and a criminal charge after hitting her ...

Footage of the race shows the I.C. Norcom runner appearing to raise her baton and swing at one of her opponents.

A high school track athlete faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery after a viral video showed her hitting a ...

The Virginia high school track and field runner who hit an opponent in the head with a baton has been charged with ...

A Virginia high school track star has been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after hitting an opposing runner over ...

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

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

The Virginia high school sprinter accused of smacking her opponent on the back of the head with a baton shouted at her ...

The runner and her family said a video that shows the on-track incident in which she hits another runner with a baton was an ...

Alaila Everett, the high school track athlete who allegedly attacked a competitor with her baton during a race, has been ...

One misdemeanor charge of assault and battery was taken out in this matter,” Bethany Harrison, Commonwealth’s Attorney for ...