High school student Kaelen Tucker was rounding the curve during the 4x200 meter relay race at the VHSL Class 3 State Indoor Championships at Liberty University last month when she was whacked on the head by a baton held by her competitor. Tucker immediately grabbed her head and veered sharply off the track. All the momentum she had, the momentum that had propelled her past her slower assailant, was lost. In a wholly righteous world, Tucker would have been the sole focus. Her community would have rallied around her for being unfairly robbed of her place in the competition. They would




























