By: John L. Davis
On April 11, 1951, several hundred spectators gathered at Wellsburg High School’s Memorial Stadium (dedicated in 1947) to watch the inaugural edition of the Brooke Relays. The event was the first track meet held in Wellsburg since the 1920s. The cinder track itself had been completed just weeks earlier. Local architect and track enthusiast Ralph W. Whitehead designed the layout. Wellsburg topped Follansbee High in the evening’s final event – the…