All-Region Boys Swimmer of the Year

All-Region Boys Swimming

Callum MacKintosh

Hockinson High School

Season highlights

• Won four medals, three silver and one bronze, at the Class 2A state championships. Individual second-place finishes were in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly. He also swam for the 200 freestyle (second place) and 400 freestyle (third place) relays.

• Said his favorite race this season was winning the 400 freestyle relay at districts in meet-record time. MacKintosh anchored the come-from-behind win, catching favorite Aberdeen.

More about Callum

• Competed in six individual races and five relays for Mount Hood Swim Club at the resent Senior Sectionals.

• Started club swimming at 13 for the Columbia River Swim Team in Vancouver.

• Favorite books: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka; Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

• Favorite movie: The ‘Lord of the Rings’ series.

• Favorite band: Modest Mouse.

Next year and beyond

• MacKintosh plans to swim in college. He is considering options, among them several NCAA Division III schools in the area.

“The amount that our team has grown from my freshman year — having 15 guys this season and taking six to state, it was awesome.”

— Callum MacKintosh on the growth of the Hockinson boys swim team from two to 15 members over his four years at the school.

Rest of All-Region team

• Eric Bugna, so., Skyview, placed 8th at state in 4A 100 back; 15th in 200 IM.

• Arash Davani, jr., Mountain View, placed 8th at 3A state in 100 butterfly.

• Daniel Kelly, sr., Hudson’s Bay, placed 4th at 3A state in 100 back, 6th in 100 fly.

• Kyle Law, jr., Mountain View, placed 7th at 3A state in both 100 back, 500 free.

• Jim Nguyen, so., Evergreen, placed 14th at 4A state in 100 breaststroke.

• Jake Yraceburu, so., Camas, placed 13th at 3A state in 100 breaststroke.