It was a strong start and a great finish for the Yukon contingent this past week at the season's second Noram race series.

Six Yukoners won a combined seven medals over the three-day competition, which concluded on Saturday at Sovereign Lake in B.C.

"I think that is a really good indication that we have a lot of depth on the Yukon team," said Cross-country Yukon spokesman Claude Chabot. "Even the kids that didn't win any medals, they are competing against kids who are a lot older and stronger than they are and they still held their own. The team's obviously got lots of depth and a great future."

For a second straight week, Yukoner Graham Nishikawa earned a spot on the podium, finishing third in the open men's 20-km free technique.

Nishikawa came within an eyelash of second, narrowly beat out by Ontario's Dave Neighbor as the two skiers crossed the line in just over 50 minutes.

Nishikawa wasn't the only Yukoner to make the Podium on the first day of competition and was joined by Bryn Knight, who took home a silver medal in the junior women's 15-km race, with fellow teammate Heidi Brook crossing the finish line 30 seconds later to pick up the bronze medal.

This was a great race for Knight, who missed the majority of last season because of a shoulder injury.

The Yukon contingent included nine skiers, who made the trip from Whitehorse and six that are currently training outside the territory.

The race series, originally scheduled to be held at the Whistler Olympic site, was moved last minute to Sovereign Lake because of a lack of snow.

Despite only having a few days notice, organizers of the race did an excellent job throughout the three day event.

Day two offered more than a few highlights for the Yukon group, which included medals from both Emily Nishikawa and Janelle Greer in the 1.1-km classic technique sprint.

Emily and Janelle finished in the second and third spots, while Alberta skier Heidi Widmer placed first.

Greer skied two categories above her age group and managed to overcome falling twice in the final heat in her podium finish.

Colin Abbott also skied well this past Friday, finishing third in the junior men's B final, which put him ninth overall.

Siblings Janelle and David Greer saved their best race for last on Saturday, adding a few more pieces of hardware to their family's collection.

The two picked up a pair of gold medals in the classic technique distance races, with David coming in first amongst a very tough men's junior field in a 15-km event and Janelle winning her 10-km competition.

This was not the first time the two have won gold on the same day of a competition, but David said it was still kind of special.

"It was kind of weird," he said. "It was neat that my only medal came on the same day that Janelle won her only gold medal."

David, 19, said it was nice to end the competition with a medal.

"There was a bunch of Americans that were up there, so that made the competition a little harder," he said. "It was definitely nice to beat out some of the Americans."

This was Janelle's first time participating at the Noram race series and the 16-year-old said both medals meant a lot to her.

"I was surprised actually," she said. "It was exciting."

Graham also skied well on Saturday and just missed out from winning another medal by 15 seconds. He finished in fifth place in the men's open category.

Yukon cross country ski coach Alain Masson said it was a great start to the season for the territory's contingent.

"It was great," he said about the competition. "It was a change of venue for everybody, so we had to adjust, but it was just a great opportunity to get some strong competition early in the season. Now we know where we have to improve."

Masson said he was impressed with some of the younger members on the Yukon team.

"The new upcoming athletes did quite well, which was nice to see because they haven't had as much experience, so it was a first race for all of them that are based in Whitehorse," he said.

"I'm just happy overall that we have lots of athletes racing well."