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

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A Virginia high school track and field star's attempt to get into first place during a race last Tuesday led an opponent to hit her with a baton, causing head injuries. 

According to Brookville High School junior Kaelen Tucker, she's still waiting on the opponent from I.C. Norcom High School to apologize. 

Tucker had just set a new Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 3 State Indoor Championships record in the 55-meter race on Monday, and she was hoping to help her school win the 4x200M relay final on Tuesday as well. 

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However, the heat of competition got carried too far by one opponent, as clear video evidence of the race shows Tucker getting struck in the head by a baton-wielding runner from Norcom, who also threw it in Tucker's direction after being passed. 

Tucker immediately ran off the track and fell down, holding her head. 

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"So, on the back curve, I kind of got cut off, and I tried to pass her the first time, so I let her go ahead," Tucker said to WSET ABC 13 in an interview posted on Friday. "I knew when I got fully on the curve that I was just going to have to push through past her. So, as we were coming up in the middle of the curve, we were bumping arms a lot. So, I got a little more on the outside of the curve to go around her."

"When I finally pushed through to get in front of her, that’s when she hit me in the head with the baton."

Bumping during races is very normal on the track, but not how Tucker's opponent reacted at that moment

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