A Virginia track athlete is under fire after a heated moment on the track led to an assault charge — and now, the whole situation is going viral. During a recent Class 3 State Indoor Championship meet,

Alaila Everett, who attacked a runner with a baton, says a different angle proves that what she did was not intentional.

Track and field isn't supposed to be a dangerous sport, especially not at the high school level, but a recent incident between student-athletes from two opposing high schools in Virginia has boiled over into controversy as one student has been accused of intentionally attacking another competitor with her baton during a relay race.

"I would never hit somebody on purpose," Alaila Everett said of the incident at a Virginia state championship race

Footage of a high school runner being struck with a baton by an opponent mid-relay has gone viral after the incident left the athlete with head injuries.

It's been a chaotic past couple of days of I.C. Norcom's Alaila Everett since the Virginia High School League (VHSL) track and field state championships. In a video that went viral from the state championships,

A high school track star whose baton struck another competitor in the head during a championship race has broken her silence. Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, VA, recently spoke with local news outlet WAVY 10 about the backlash she’s received as a result of the incident,