LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- Days after a viral video of a girl getting hit with a baton during the Virginia State High School League Indoor State Championships, the girl accused of hitting the Brookville High School runner spoke to ABC13 about what she said happened.

The indoor season ended last Tuesday, but for I.C. Norcom High School Senior Alaila Everett and Brookville High School Junior Kaelen Tucker, it ended as both girls were running in the 4x200 relay race. During the race, a video was captured showing both girls running into a curve as Alaila hits Kaelen on the back of the head with her baton.

In an interview Monday night with ABC13's Hayden Robertson, Alaila said this was not intentional. Everett said Tucker crossed over too early, causing her to lose her balance.

"We get to the curve, and I feel someone coming up on me," Alaila said. "I'm running, and she's just getting closer and closer to the point where she's up on me. My baton is - her elbow, like her arm is literally hitting my baton so I lost balance."

Once they were trying to come out of the curve is when Alaila said the incident happened.

"My arm goes up her back, and my body twisted," Everett said. "The curve is this way, and I have to run that way, so I'm like this in the air. I catch my balance and pump my arms. She's cutting in, and so when I pumped my arms, she got hit. I'm sorry she got hit, but I didn't do it intentionally."

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Because of the incident, I.C. Norcom was disqualified from the Norcom team.

Since that race and the video went viral on social media and TV, Alaila said she has been receiving hate.

"Many threats, death threats, racist people," Alaila said. "People making fake accounts to talk and harrass me on my page."

Genoa Everett and Zeketa Cost, Alaila's parents, said that they know their daughter did not intentionally hit Tucker. They are heartbroken and upset to see so much hate about it.

"It hurts because, man, y'all really picked the wrong child to criminalize like that," Everett said. "That's nowhere near her nature. How would you feel waking up and seeing Gayle King or Good Morning, America talk about you or your daughter and not having the full story?"

"Tell them that she did not do this and that she lost her balance," Cost said. "My daughter would never do something like this; she loves everybody. They were in 17th place, there was no need for this."

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Genoa said that you can tell in the video that his daughter lost her balance and did not hit her intentionally.

"You can clearly see in the video they were close," Everett said. "So what had happened was it was an illegal cut to my daughter's lane, which caused the incidental contact."

Genoa said he and the IC Norcom track coach, who also serves as the athletic director, reached out to the Tucker family and apologized. He also said the girls were supposed to talk over Zoom, but nothing has been scheduled yet.

Alaila said she also reached out to Kaelen over Facebook Messenger but claims she was blocked and can no longer send Kaelen messages.

The Liberty University Police Department shared with ABC13 that a protective order had been filed here in Lynchburg. Both Genoa and Zeketa said they received calls from LUPD and were read their rights over the phone. Genoa added that they also called the I.C. Norcom High School and attempted to speak to Alaila.

At this time, the Virginia High School League is investigating the incident.