Cornell University Athletics

Second Team USFCA All-American (2020)
Second Team All-Ivy (2020)


As a Sophomore (2020-21)

• Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a freshman (2019-20)

• Named a second-team USFCA All-American following the cancellation of the NCAA Championships. All-Americans were selected based on overall body of work and performance at NCAA regional events.
• NCAA qualifier in foil following an 8-4 record at the NCAA Northeast Regional in which she recorded a +15 touch differential, finishing 13th overall.
• Finished the season with a record of 55-18 in foil, marking the best winning percentage on the team of fencers qualified for regionals (.753).
• Recorded the fourth most wins on the team and the second most in foil.
• Went 13-2 at the Penn Elite Invitational, 8-0 at the Brandeis Invitational, 16-8 at the Northwestern Duals and 10-4 at the Ivy League Round Robin.
• Named to the All-Ivy second team following a fourth place finish in foil.

Prior to Cornell

• A member of the Toronto Fencing Club.
• A member of the Canadian Cadet, and Canadian Junior National Team since 2016.
• Helped Canada to a fifth place finish in the 2019 Junior World Championships Teams Event with the highest finish ever by the Junior Women's Foil squad.
• Placed 20th at the 2018 Junior World Championships in Verona, Italy.
• Earned back-to-back medal at the Pan Am Championships, taking silver as a cadet in 2017 and bronze as a junior in 2016.
• Won a gold medal in the 2018 Cadet European Cup Teams Event and placed sixth as an individual at the 2018 Cadet European Cup in Poznan, Poland.
• Took consecutive bronze medals in the Cadet European Cup Teams Event (2015, 2016).
• Earned a bronze medal at the 2017 Junior World Cup, before a fifth place finish in the 2018 event.
• Silver medalist at the 2018 Senior Canada National Championships.
• Gold medalist at the 2016 Cadet Canada National Championships.
• Four-time gold medalist at various Canada Cup events (2019 – Senior & Junior; 2017 – Junior & Cadet).
• Placed seventh at the 2019 January NAC in Charlotte, N.C.
•Placed 14th at the 2017 Junior North American Championship.
 

Personal

• Ying Cao is the daughter of Weiyu Cao and Fangmei Ji and she two younger brothers.
• Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.