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Catie Ball
Catharine Ball Condon (born September 30, 1951), née Catharine Northcutt Ball, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. 4×100-meter medley relay team. Ball is a former world record holder in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events, and is remembered as a teenage star who was the dominant female breaststroke swimmer of her generation.
== Early years ==
Ball was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1951.〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, ( Catie Ball ). Retrieved November 7, 2014.〕 As a teenager, she swam for the J.E.T.S. swim team in Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) competition and attended Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville.〔Florida Sports Hall of Fame, Inductees, ( Catie Ball (2010) ). Retrieved November 7, 2014.〕〔Gene Frenette, "( Where are they now? Olympic swimmer Catie Ball-Condon )," ''The Florida Times-Union'' (July 22, 2011). Retrieved November 7, 2014.〕 In August 1966, she set a new American record of 2:44.8 in the 200-meter breaststroke at the AAU national championships, shattering the previous mark by almost three seconds.〔Associated Press, "( Little Catie Ball, 14, Sets Swim Record )," ''The Lacrosse Tribune'', p. 17 (August 21, 1966). Retrieved November 7, 2014.〕 In December 1966, she tied the world record of 1:15.7 in the 100-meter breaststroke at the international swim meet at the Hall of Fame pool in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.〔Associated Press, "( Catie Ball Equals World Swim Mark; Her 1:15.7 Ties Record in Breast-Stroke Event )," ''The New York Times'', p. S38 (December 29, 1966). Retrieved November 7, 2014.〕 While swimming for the Lee High School Generals swim team, she won the 1967 Florida 2A state high school championships in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard breaststroke events, setting Florida state records in both.〔Jamie Secola, "( Hall of Fame induction cements Ball-Condon's swimming legacy )," ''Pensacola News-Journal'' (July 4, 2010). Retrieved November 7, 2014.〕〔''( FHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving 2014–15 Championship Records )'', Florida High School Athletic Association, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 13 & 15 (2014). Retrieved November 7, 2014.〕 Her Florida record in the 100-yard breaststroke stood for eleven years.〔〔
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