U.S. Junior National Team member Norvy Clontz has switched swimming clubs in Charlotte, North Carolina, moving from top-ranked SwimMAC Carolina to Mecklenburg Swim Association (MSA). There, he trains under Sean Quinn, a former UNC coach and school record holder who trains most of the team’s national group.
Clontz has been with his new club since late October.
A top-10 recruit in the high school boys’ class of 2025 currently committed to Cal, Clontz tied for the most points on SwimMAC last year, helping the club top the annual excellence rankings for the second season in a row. MSA was ranked as a Silver Medal Club in USA Swimming’s 2023-24 excellence results.
Last summer, Clontz became the fastest 15-year-old American in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:50.82 at the 2022 Junior National Championships. This year, he placed 7th in the 400 free (3:51.55) at the 2023 World Junior Championships. He also earned a gold medal as a prelims swimmer on Team USA’s 4×200 free relay (1:49.32 split).
MSA has been under the guidance of former LSU head coach Dave Geyer since September as owner Peter Perers takes a year off from coaching.
SwimMAC has been led by head coach Chuck Batchelor since 2021.
The 16-year-old Charlotte Latin School junior competed for MSA this weekend at SwimMAC’s November Invitational. Klontz tallied times of 1:38.30 in the 200 free, 3:57.07 in the 400 IM, 56.05 in the 100 breast, 45.99 in the 100 free, and 4:25.58 in the 500 free. His 100 breast result marked a new lifetime best, shaving more than two seconds off his previous-best 58.81 from 2021.
This kid is a piece of work lol, fitting he’s going to Cal
Sean Quinn is an original Ram Boy from Chapel Hill. 3 other Ram Boys call
Charlotte home and the other is a coach in Connecticut. Dude can coach and is from the Frank Comfort RocketSled line of coaches.
Norv is in good hands
This is a great point. I’ve heard of the Ram Boys a few times. Great lineage coming down from Frank Comfort. I wonder if Brad Kline is a Ram Boy? He’d seem like a perfect fit.
Here come the Charlotte moms to anonymously argue with eachother from their country club backyard
Having had coach Sean as a coach, I don’t see this being a good thing for norvy
I’m thinking Eliza Wallace might disagree with you.
Best of luck to you Clontz! Looking forward to watching you swim under Coach Sean!
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