2023-24 Women's Swimming Roster

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Shannon McCallum

  • Position:
    Mid-Distance Freestyle/Backstroke/IM
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Hutchinson High School
  • Hometown:
    Fairbanks, Alaska

Summary

Biography

2023-24 | Junior
McCallum's junior year opened up with Azusa Pacific ... On day one she had a fifth and sixth-place finish in the 200-yard free and 100-yard back ... Day two saw her add another fifth-place finish in the 200-yard back with a time of 2:29.91 ... Against Cal State East Bay, McCallum grabbed a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard free with a time of 59.34 and a fifth-place finish in the 500-yard free with a 5:43.15 ... Day two against CSUEB saw her grab a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 1000-yard free (11:45.35) and the 200-yard back (2:29.75) ... At the SDSU quad meet she took 10th in the 200-yard IM with a 2:30.02 ... She then appeared in nine races the next day against SDSU ... She posted four top-15 finishes ... On Jan. 12 against Westmont, McCallum finished third in both the 1000-yard free with an 11:46.34 and the 100-yard free with a 1:05.81, a season-best ... On day two she posted a fifth and fourth-place finish ... She took fifth in the 200-yard back with a 2:27.18 and fourth in the 400-yard IM with a 5:11.11 ... At the PCSC Championships she placed 25th in the 400-yard IM with a season-best 4:56.30 ... She took 27th in the 200-yard back with a 2:19.41, also a season-best and 43rd in the 500-yard free with a 5:33.55, another season-best ... In the 100-yard fly (extracted), she set a personal-best time of 1:07.81

2022-23 | Sophomore
McCallum appeared in 10 competitions for the Nanooks in her sophomore season ... She opened up with two top-five finishes on day one of the season against Azusa Pacific ... She placed fourth in the 500-yard free with a 5:33.88 and third in the 200-yard free with a 2:04.37 ... Against Westmont on Oct. 28, she placed second in the 200-yard free with a 2:03.11 ... She posted another second-place finish on day two at Westmont with a 2:19.55 in the 200-yard back ... At the La Verne Winter Invite she placed 43rd in the 500-yard free with a 5:23.14, 42nd in the 100-yard breast with a 1:12.22 and 34th in the 200-yard bck with a 2:19.51 ... On Jan. 20, against Westmont, McCallum grabbed a third and second-place finish in the 100-yard back (3rd - 1:05.15) and 200-yard free (2nd - 2:03.99) ... She grabbed a third-place finish against Westmont on day two in the 200-yard back with a 2:21.97 ... At the 2023 PCSC Championships McCallum posted two top-20 performances including a top-three finish ... In the 400-yard IM she finished 20th with a 4:45.39 and personal-best time ... In the 100-yard breast, McCallum took second with a 1:12.99

2021-22 | Freshman
McCallum opened up 2021-22 with three second-place finishes against Westmont ... She took second in the 50-yard free with a 26.48, a personal-best ... She also placed second in the 500-yard free with a 5:32.45 and second in the 200-yard back with a 2:23.75 ... She added a third-place finish in the 200-yard free with a 2:02.60 ... At the La Verne Invite, McCallum finished the 100-yard IM with a 1:03.55 time and an 18th-place finish ... She placed 24th in the 200-yard back, 26th in the 200-yard free and 36th in the 500-yard free ... Against Incarnate Word on Jan. 14-15, she placed fourth in the 100-yard free with a 56.80 and third in the 200-yard free with a 2:01.99 ... On Jan. 29 against LMU, McCallum picked up her first-career win with a first-place finish in the 500-yard free with a time of 5:31.08 ... She added a second-place finish in the 50-yard free with a 26.02 time ... She ended the year at the PCSC Championships and had one top-25 finish in the 400-yard IM ... She took 23rd with a personal-best time of 4:54.49

2020-21 | Freshman
Raced in both events the Nanooks swim team competed in ... First competition was a weekend with Westmont and Loyola Marymount ... Placed sixth in the 200-yard free with a time of 2:08.05 and took fourth in the 400-yard IM ... Raced at the PCSC Championships ... Set a personal-best time in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing 22nd with a time of 2:00.61 ... Also placed 22nd in the 200-yard backstroke with a 2:20.59 ... Final placement was in the 500-yard free, McCallum took 26th with a time of 5:29.57

Prior to Alaska

Hutchinson High School/Stingray Swim Team
Attended and swam for Hutchinson High School while also competing with the Stingray Swim Team in Fairbanks before attending UAF and swimming for the Nanooks. While at Hutchinson, McCallum was the 2019 and 2020 swim team captain while winning the 2018 and 2019 team MVP. In 2015-16, she set the Alaska State record for the 400-yard medley relay. Was a 2021 AUF Persist Scholarship recipient, a UA Scholar-Athlete 2020-24 and an APS Scholarship Level One recipient 2020-24. In 2023, she was an Alaska Nanooks Scholar-Athlete of the Year nominee. 

Personal
Daughter of Simone Montayne and John McCallum ... two siblings; Josiah and Meah ... Meah is on the Nanooks swim team with Shannon ... Her dad played basketball at Sheldon Jackson College

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Distance Freestyle
    5'7"

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance Freestyle
    5'7"

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Mid-Distance Freestyle/Backstroke/IM
    5'7"

  • 2023-24Junior

    Mid-Distance Freestyle/Backstroke/IM
    5'7"