CAREER HONORS
Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016, 2017)
Second Team CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2015)
CAREER BESTS
| Event | Score | Date | Site/Opponent |
| Floor Exercise | 15.550 | 2/6/15 | vs. Ohio State |
| Pommel Horse |
14.550 | 2/13/16 | at Ohio State |
| Vault | 13.550 | 1/21/17 | Army |
| Parallel Bars | 13.500 | 1/9/16 | Army West Point |
| High Bar | 12.400 | 2/13/16 | at Ohio State |
2017 (Senior Year)
Appeared on both the floor exercise and the pommel horse, while making one appearance on the vault in his senior season … Led Penn State on the floor exercise with a team-high 14.600 … Nabbed a second-place finish on the floor exercise at the West Point Open (1/14) … Qualified for the Big Ten Individual Event Finals (4/8) on the floor exercise.
2016 (Junior Year)
Primarily competed on the floor exercise and pommel horse for Penn State while making one appearance on the parallel bars and the high bar … Placed third on the floor exercise at the tri-meet against Iowa and Nebraska (2/27) as well as at Arizona State (3/4) … Garnered a third-place finish on the pommel horse at Arizona State … Also placed fifth on the pommel horse at Ohio State (2/13) … Notched a fourth-place finish on the parallel bars against Army West Point (1/9) … Capped off the season finishing seventh on the floor exercise to lead Penn State in the NCAA Qualifier (4/15).
2015 (Sophomore Year)
Competed on three events during the 2015 season ... Won the floor exercise title against Ohio State with a career-best 15.550 (2/6) ... Posted a career-best 14.500 on the pommel horse en route to an eighth-place finish against Michigan (1/24) ... Competed at the NCAA Championships for the Nittany Lions on the floor exercise ... At the NCAA Qualifier, McSwain posted a score of 15.250 on the floor exercise which helped the Nittany Lions advance to the team finals, he tied for sixth in the event (4/9) ... Tied for 17th at the NCAA Team Finals on the floor exercise with his score of 15.200 (4/10) ... Owns the No. 10 performance in school history on the floor exercise (15.550) ... Academic All-Big Ten
2014 (Freshman Year)
Made his collegiate debut on the pommel horse against Army (1/11), recording a score of 13.450 ... Posted a 13.900 on the pommel horse in the team finals at the West Point Open (1/17) ... Recorded a season-high score of 14.400 at the Navy Open (1/25).
Gymnastics Background
Trained at High Point Gymnastics Academy ... Qualified for the 2013 P&G Championships, placed fifth on pommel horse, eighth on parallel bars and 13th all-around ... Placed fifth on pommel horse at the 2013 JO National Junior Elite Championships ... Six-time Junior Olympic National Qualifier ... Member of Region 8 Elite Team ... 2010 Region 8 floor champion ... 2010 North Carolina all-around champion.
Personal
Full name is Christian Scott McSwain ... Born in Greensboro, N.C. on December 15, 1994 ... Son of Scott and Renee McSwain ... Has one sister, Sydney ... Majoring in biobehavorial engineering.