LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) – Bode Miller is putting the finishing touches on the best season by a U.S. male skier in 20 years.

That doesn’t mean he’s satisfied.

“There’s been lots of lows, too,” Miller said Sunday, after claiming his second straight slalom title at the U.S. Alpine National Championships. “I skied well consistently all season, but never on top of my game.”

He appears to be there now.

Miller has earned three gold medals at nationals: He won the Super G last week, and Sunday’s showing allowed him to defend his title in the combined (a paper event counting the slalom and downhill, in which he finished fourth).

Miller finished Sunday’s two slalom runs in 2 minutes, 6.59 seconds, fighting off blustery winds, fog and deteriorating snow. Eric Schlopy was 0.73 behind, followed by Jesse Marshall, Chip Knight and James Cochran.

Kristina Koznick won the women’s slalom title in 2:07.56, more than two seconds ahead of Katharine Hitchcock. Sarah Schleper, Jessica Kelley and Lauren Ross were next.

Suddenly, Koznick’s self-described “terrible season” doesn’t look so bad. She also won last weekend’s slalom at the World Cup Finals in Lillehammer, Norway.

“To have a good day – it wipes out 50 bad days,” Koznick said. “It’ll be an easy summer, because I’ll be motivated.”

Resi Stiegler, who trailed Koznick by 0.33 seconds after the first run, and Julia Mancuso, who was third, both wiped out in the second run. Mancuso fell shortly before the finish line.

Miller was the star of the show, cheered on by fans holding large green foam hands bearing his name.

The attention is well deserved for Miller, who finished second in the overall World Cup standings and became the first American to win three medals at the Alpine World Championships.

It’s the best performance by an American man since 1983, when Phil Mahre won the overall World Cup and giant slalom titles.

Miller insists he’s still learning, noting that he failed to finish six slalom events this season. There were also two giant slalom races where he lost a ski.

“There’s lots of room for improvement next year,” he said.

Schlopy, who rooms with Miller in Europe, is already impressed.

“He’s really changed the paradigm for us,” Schlopy said. “A couple of years ago, I raised the bar on everybody. This year he’s raised the bar a lot higher on us.”

Schlopy, an eight-year U.S. team veteran, is completing a successful comeback, having won a bronze medal in the giant slalom at the worlds and finishing 29th in the World Cup standings. He struggled most of last season with mononucleosis and bronchitis.

“The world champs, that was the highlight for me,” Schlopy said. “To have such a difficult year last year and to come back and show everybody and myself what I can do – it meant a lot to me.”

Lindsey Kildow won the women’s combined title. She followed up last week’s second-place finish in the downhill with a sixth-place finish in Sunday’s slalom.

The men’s events wrap up Monday with the giant slalom. The women finish with Tuesday’s giant slalom.