LYNCHBURG, Va. (WAVY) – A Virginia athlete hit with a baton during a relay race in Lynchburg is telling her side of the story after video of the incident went viral.

The video shows Brookville High School junior Kaelen Tucker running just ahead of I.C. Norcom student Alaila Everett in the Class 3 Track and Field State Finals, when Everett hits Tucker with the baton.

Tucker spoke with WSLS about what happened as she rounded the corner.

“When you go to the other side of the track, you have to cross into lane one, you have to merge in. As I was coming up on her, she kind of like made me get cut off a little bit, so I backed away,” Tucker said. “Then, as we got around the curve, she kept bumping me in my arm. Then finally we got off the curve, I like slowly started passing her and then that’s when she just hit me with the baton and I fell off the track.”

In an interview with WAVY’s Markeisha Jackson, Everett claimed she lost her balance causing her to accidentally hit Tucker, but the Virginia High School League quickly disqualified the I.C. Norcom team after this incident.

Tucker went to the hospital. She told WSLS she was diagnosed with a concussion and a possible fractured skull. Her parents said they received an apology from I.C. Norcom’s athletic director and Everett’s parents, but they also want one from the coach and Everett herself.

Everett told WAVY she has made efforts to get in contact with Tucker but has been blocked by her on social media.

The Virginia High School League is still investigating the incident.