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A Virginia high school sprinter suffered a concussion and potential
skull fracture when her competitor smashed her in the back of her head
with a relay baton during their race.
Brookville High School junior Kaelen Tucker was the second leg runner
for the 4×200 meter relay at the VHSL Class 3 State Indoor Championships
at Liberty University on Friday.
Tucker – who had earned silver in the girl’s 55m dash earlier in the
meet – was attempting to cut into lane one during a battle for second
place in the front pack as she was rounding turn four.
Instead of blocking her entry, Tucker’s opponent — who attended IC
Norcom High School — seemingly slowed down, wound up her arm back and
smacked the baton across the Brookville runner’s head, according to a
video of the incident.
“When we get onto the other side of the track we have to cross to lane
one, you have to merge in, and as I was coming up on her she kind of
made me get cut off a little bit so I backed away,” Tucker explained to
WSLS.
“When we got to the curve she kept bumping me in my arm and when we got
off the curve I finally passed her and that was when she hit me with the baton.”
An audible gasp was heard from the crowd inside the Lynchburg, Va.
complex as Tucker detoured off the track, grabbing her head and falling
to the ground.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/09/sports/virginia-high-school-track-sprinter-kaelen-tucker-attacked-in-head-during-state-championship-race/
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