Heading into today's competition, the Yukon Ski team is hoping to add to its overall medal haul at this year's nationals.

So far, the Yukon squad has accumulated five medals over the course of two days at the Haywood Ski Nationals in Duntroon, Ontario.

"It has been a really good start and we are looking (forward) to the rest of the championship," said Yukon ski coach Alain Masson. "We are quite excited."

Teamed up in the Challenge Boys category, Lee Hawkings and Jeff Wood won the Yukon's first medal of the competition on Sunday. The Yukon duo were beat out by two teams from the always competitive Nakkertok Club.

Masson said this was the first time the Yukon has ever won a medal in the challenge category.

The team's second medal on the first day was won by Dahria Beatty and Janelle Greer, who finished second, with Nakkertok once again claiming the first place position.

David Greer and Graham Nishikawa won the Yukon's final medal on Sunday. The team kept it close the whole race before Nishikawa made a late push moving up in the standings from fourth to second.

The challenge category featured the skate technique. Traditionally the Yukon has done better racing in the classic technique, which began today.

Masson said winning the medals on day-one was an encouraging sign.

"That was really nice to see," he said. "It just shows that our athletes are in good form and will perform well this week. So that was great."

The Yukon's two medals on the second day were both silvers, won by Dahria Beatty and David Greer. On Monday, Beatty placed second in the juvenile girls category, while Greer claimed second in the junior men's 10-km race.

Nishikawa nearly added a sixth medal to the territory's collection, but unfortunately fell after he caught an edge.

So far, skiers at the nationals have had to battle less than ideal weather conditions.

This has included warmer temperatures and freezing rain, resulting in course modifications or changes.

Masson said these conditions aren't unusual for eastern Canada, but added the Yukon skiers have done well dealing with the weather challenges.