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Make it two-for-two for the University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA) Sea Wolves.

For the second straight year, the team dominated the overall podiums at the FIS Aurora Cup at Mount Sima.

Leading the way was Jan Ronner of Austria, who captured first in the giant slalom Saturday and in the slalom on Sunday.

Ronner said the races were great.

鈥淭he conditions are always great here, like last year. The weather was a little bit cold but the races were nice and it was fun.

鈥淵esterday it was a little bit difficult. It was snowing a little bit and in the second run, the visibility was not really good and you couldn鈥檛 see the line, so it was not easy to ski it but it was still fun.鈥�

Ronner said it鈥檚 always good to start the season with a win .

鈥淭oday, winning too, it鈥檚 nice to start with two wins in a row.鈥�

Asked what he attributes his success to, Ronner replied, 鈥淲e had a couple of good days of training here and I鈥檝e been back home in Austria and been skiing on a glacier a little bit over there already, so I had a really good pre-season this year and the last days training here were great. We had good conditions and really good training, very competitive group of skiers on our team.鈥�

Ronner said he鈥檚 getting quite familiar with Mount Sima.

鈥淚t鈥檚 my third year here now 鈥� we鈥檝e been training here a lot. I like the hill. I like the conditions here and it鈥檚 always nice to be here.鈥�

Ronner and his teammates are training for one more week at Sima before heading back to Anchorage for more training. After that, he figured he鈥檇 be going to the Nor-Am races in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Calgary鈥檚 Caeden Carruthers of UAA finished second in the GS and third in the slalom.

Fellow Sea Wolf Moro Bomber of the U.S. came in third in the slalom.

Sparky Anderson, coach of the Sea Wolves, said, 鈥淔or the amount of time we鈥檝e had to train, the team is looking pretty strong. We made some mistakes in the GS (giant slalom) as a group, but it was only our third day on GS skis. Given that, I felt like the skill level鈥檚 there. There was some critical mistakes that the races didn鈥檛 go well for everybody.

Anderson said he was 鈥渧ery impressed鈥� with the ski hill.

鈥淭hey had good balance, the line was good, Mount Sima did an amazing job with the track and hill and all the preparation with the snow, so it was really fair for the whole field.

鈥淥ur kids stepped it up today, more so than yesterday.

When asked how the girls skied, Anderson replied, 鈥淭he girls did fantastic today. They went one through four 鈥� they鈥檙e looking really great. It鈥檚 encouraging for when we get into our college race season.鈥�

UAA鈥漵 Ella Bromee of Sweden finished first in the women鈥檚 slalom.

鈥淚鈥檓 super happy. The conditions were great. We haven鈥檛 skied for that long, so I鈥檓 really happy with my skiing.鈥�

Bromee is hoping she can get on the podium for the college races this year.

鈥淚 would want to ski the World Cup of course. As for now I鈥檓 mostly focusing on the college thing.鈥�

Bromee said they have shorter slopes at home than in the Yukon,

She said the Yukon is 鈥渁wesome. 鈥淭he conditions are great, and I just love the place. It鈥檚 a great GS and slalom hill, too, so I鈥檓 super happy to be here.鈥�

Bromee added she came to North America to ski and study the English language.

鈥淚t seemed like a fun opportunity so I just went for it.鈥�

Her Alaska teammate, Carmen Nielssen of Norway, laid down a blistering second run to finish first in the run and second overall, finishing only .19 seconds behind Bromee.

鈥淚鈥檓 super happy I came in second place yesterday and second place today too, so I鈥檓 really happy with my skiing. We鈥檝e not been training for that long. We鈥檝e been here for a week now. It went well.

鈥淚 won the second run today, so that was really nice. It was was a nice way to end this weekend.鈥�

Nielssen described the difference between her first and second runs.

鈥淚 think I was a bit more aggressive on the second run. I tried to push more, tried to gain speed anywhere I could, so I think I was just more active and pushing the limits in the second run.鈥�

Nielssen said it was a nice start to the season.

鈥淚t was a really nice day today with the sun coming out. Yesterday was also nice but it was quite a snowstorm, but it was still fun.鈥�

Nielssen attributed her success to her 鈥済reat team鈥�, among others.

鈥淢y coaches and my team and my family at home that鈥檚 cheering for me.

鈥淲e鈥檝e been training so hard this fall, doing a lot of dryland training and we were so excited to get back on the snow.鈥�

Calgary鈥檚 Ashleigh Alexander completed the podium sweep for the Sea Wolves.

Ainsley Profitt of the U.S. finished first in the giant slalom on Saturday. Profitt came in second in 2022 and captured first in the slalom last year. Profitt said she was 鈥渞eally happy鈥� with her GS win.

鈥淚t went my way. Carmen, my teammate, was also laying it down, so it was fun to race against her and show what I could do.

鈥淓very day our team pushes each other and it really helps us ski our best.鈥�

Profitt said the conditions were great for her win.

鈥淭he snow was nice and hard, just how I like it.鈥�

Of her success, Profitt said, 鈥淚 really like Mount Sima. It鈥檚 a great place.鈥�

Profijt will be headed to Jackson Hole, Wyoming after this.

A couple of the Alaskan skiers will be headed to the Nor-Am at Beaver Creek, Colorado and the rest of the group will be going to an open FIS race at Jackson Hole.

Coach Anderson added, 鈥淭hanks to Mount Sima and Whitehorse. We love being here. We really feel like, coming from Alaska, that Yukon鈥檚 our true neighbour and partner. Thanks for making us feel welcome. Love coming here every November. Hopefully, we want to continue that tradition.鈥�