Surface Resistivity Meter

Taking on the world

Jeff Brewer's cleats pounded the synthetic surface of the running track at Grandview High School, the silver and black on his shoes having faded to shades of gray long ago.

Brewer's cleats have carried him many miles over the years, usually on tracks in and around his hometown of Columbus. This week, they will take the 37-year-old farther than he ever imagined.

The next time Brewer laces up his cleats for track competition, it will be inside the white marble Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece.

Brewer is one of two Ohioans and 300 total athletes from the United States participating at the Special Olympics World Games, which start Saturday and run through July 4.

Some 7,500 athletes and another 2,500 coaches representing 185 nations have gathered in Athens this week. Panathinaiko, a hairpin-shaped structure that seats about 45,000, served as the host for the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896.

"I've never traveled that far away," Brewer said before one of his final workouts in Ohio. "It's a good thing I'm traveling with my team, Team USA, so I don't get lost."

Amanda Gump, a 17-year-old track athlete from Wayne, is Ohio's other competitor.

Brewer, who specializes in the pentathlon, was selected to compete at the World Games following a pair of silver medal-winning performances last summer at the Special Olympics National Games in Lincoln, Neb.

But in Greece, Brewer will tackle just two of the pentathlon's five disciplines: the long jump and 400-meter run. He'll also run on the country's relay team.

Participating in fewer events will be something of a foreign concept to Brewer. He prefers constant competition, so more events equates to more fun.

"(Pentathlon) is interesting because one little mistake isn't going to hurt you as bad," he said. "You can make it up later, more opportunities."

Brewer, who was born with a cognitive developmental delay, is a late bloomer to the athletic arena. He first joined the Special Olympics program in 2004. Before that, he hadn't run on a track competitively since middle school, said his 35-year-old brother, Gary. Jeff had tried out for the team in 2004 but missed the cut.

In the eight years since Jeff's athletic renaissance, Gary said his brother's confidence has grown.

"I've seen him in social gatherings with people he doesn't know a lot more now," said Gary, who lives with Jeff in their parents' old home. "In the old days, it would take a crowbar to get him to open up a bit.

Model 272A Portable Surface Resistivity/Resistance Meter ...

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