Virginia high school track star bashed in head by opponent with baton: 'I was just in disbelief'

A Virginia precocious schoolhouse way and tract star's effort to get into archetypal spot during a contention past Tuesday led an hostile to deed her with a baton, causing caput injuries. 

According to Brookville High School inferior Kaelen Tucker, she's inactive waiting connected the hostile from I.C. Norcom High School to apologize. 

Tucker had conscionable acceptable a caller Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 3 State Indoor Championships grounds successful the 55-meter contention connected Monday, and she was hoping to assistance her schoolhouse triumph the 4x200M relay last connected Tuesday arsenic well. 

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However, the vigor of contention got carried excessively acold by 1 opponent, arsenic wide video grounds of the contention shows Tucker getting struck successful the caput by a baton-wielding runner from Norcom, who besides threw it successful Tucker's absorption aft being passed. 

Tucker instantly ran disconnected the way and fell down, holding her head. 

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"So, connected the backmost curve, I benignant of got chopped off, and I tried to walk her the archetypal time, truthful I fto her spell ahead," Tucker said to WSET ABC 13 successful an interrogation posted connected Friday. "I knew erstwhile I got afloat connected the curve that I was conscionable going to person to propulsion done past her. So, arsenic we were coming up successful the mediate of the curve, we were bumping arms a lot. So, I got a small much connected the extracurricular of the curve to spell astir her."

"When I yet pushed done to get successful beforehand of her, that’s erstwhile she deed maine successful the caput with the baton."

Bumping during races is precise mean connected the track, but not however Tucker's hostile reacted astatine that infinitesimal during the 2nd limb of the race. 

"The full conception conscionable gasped," Tucker's mother, Tamarrow, said astir those astir her successful the bleachers. "We had household travel from retired of town, her godparents were present from Myrtle Beach. Everybody conscionable gasped. When I saw her spell down, each I could bash is tally retired of the bleachers. I conscionable knew I had to get to her."

"She was benignant of hysterical due to the fact that she conscionable couldn’t judge that’s what had happened."

Race judges instantly disqualified the Norcom squad for "contact interference," according to WSET ABC 13. 

Tamarrow said a medic was already with her girl erstwhile she got down connected the track, though what baffled the full household was the deficiency of accountability for what occurred.

As of Friday, they inactive haven't heard from the runner oregon her coaches, she said.

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"My full happening was nary apology," Tamarrow said. "No coaches, nary athlete, nary anything. Even if it was an accident, which I don’t judge it’s an accident, but nothing. It’s been much than 24 hours now, truthful I conjecture that was the large thing. My kid was wounded and cipher came to cheque connected her."

WSET ABC 13 asked the Tuckers if transgression charges would beryllium pressed, and without giving a definitive yes-or-no answer, Tamarrow explained their constituent of view.

"Of course, everybody gives their sentiment connected what they deliberation you should do, but that’s besides idiosyncratic else’s child," she said, referencing the assailant. "I privation to instrumentality that into relationship arsenic well. Yes, she decidedly struck my girl much than once, but she is idiosyncratic else’s kid arsenic well."

The household said a doctor's sojourn connected Friday revealed concussion symptoms arsenic Kaelen continues to woody with headaches. There was besides swelling astir the country wherever she was struck and a imaginable skull fracture.

Kaelen isn't allowed connected the way until she recovers from the concussion, her parent said.

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The Tucker household reached retired to the VHSL and said they received a call-back explaining that an probe was underway and some precocious schools were cooperating. No subject has been announced for the incident, according to the Tuckers. 

The VHSL did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital. 

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Kaelen was asked astatine the extremity of the interrogation from their location what she wished to accidental to the hostile who struck her, if anything. 

"Why did you bash it? And wherefore haven’t you apologized yet?" she said. 

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