A lot of the best athletes in any sport possess raw power and athletic ability.

However, it's the very best of those athletes that are able to harness that ability and turn potential into success.Lehighton thrower Gwen Remaley fits that exact mold. Remaley came home from the xDistrict 11 Track and Field Championships with not one, but two gold medals on Thursday. The first of her two golds came in the AAA discus with a throw of 119-5. Then Remaley finished her day on an even better note, winning the shot put with a District 11 AAA record setting throw of 41-11 ."What it all comes down to is technique and practice," said Remaley. "I try not to think when I throw, I just try to clear my mind, and then of course try my absolute hardest. I've been throwing really well at practice and it's all about keeping a good mindset mentally, I think it's all mental at this point."Class AAANorthwestern's Trista Cunningham is also headed to states, finishing second to Remaley in the discus after a throw of 117-2."I'm really happy, I came in here seeded third, but I knew if I put together some solid throws I could get second," said Cunningham. "I beat my personal best by almost two feet today, so that gives me a lot of confidence that I can improve even more heading into states."Haley Yost has been performing well on the track ever since she put on the black and gold for Northwestern. She continued her successful campaign for the Lady Tigers on day two of the District 11 Track and Field Championships.Yost for the most part was able to hang with last year's District 11 champ in Paige Stoner for the first three laps, but then Stoner, who ran a 5:05.84, pulled away in the last 200 meters.Yost was able to take silver, running a 5:11.29. Times were a little off due to a pretty aggressive headwind that gusted down the track throughout the race, but Yost was still happy with the race that she ran."I knew I already qualified for states from our team's 3200 relay gold yesterday, so I just wanted to put it all on the line and leave it all out there," said Yost. "If I could stay with Paige for most of the race then I knew I was giving it my all. I just died a little bit in that last stretch, but I'm still happy with my performance. I put it all out there and I walked away from the race with no regrets."Pleasant Valley sophomore Jen Mickens is already headed to states after her 3200 relay team qualified on Wednesday. However, the youngster wasn't finished, taking the bronze in the 800. Mickens needed a time of 2:18.47 to qualify and she did just that running a 2:18.13."I ran around a 2:17 yesterday anchoring the 3200 relay team and I figured if could that again I would be in," said Mickens. "Our school record was a 2:20 and I got that today and I was able to qualify for states individually, so it was just a great day. I just want to keep rolling right along at states. I just want to get my personal best again and I want out 3200 relay to perform well. I couldn't be more excited to get to states."Class AATamaqua had a soild afternoon at day two of the District 11 Championships, with three of their athletes qualifying for states.Tamaqua junior Page Demetriades had high expectations coming into the javelin, as she has performed well in that event throughout the season. Demetriades didn't let herself down a bit, throwing a 132-2, taking gold in the event. Her teammate Morgan Boyle will also be heading to states, taking the silver with a throw of 131-3."I didn't hit what I wanted to, I had a better throw at leagues, but I'm obviously happy to get to states," said Demetriades. "I just need to stay relaxed and focused and take what I've been learning in training and use that to my advantage. I just want to keep things going well as I head into states."Raiders freshman Monika Shimko also took gold on the day. Shimko earned gold in the 800, running a personal best 2:23.38."This is crazy, I came into the race so nervous, it's just such a relief to have won it," said Shimko. "I just try to visualize and imagine a good race and keep positive thoughts before and during the race. All I wanted to do was to beat my personal record and I ended up doing that, but now I have a gold medal also, it's just a really great feeling."Northern Lehigh junior Jess Olewine qualified for states in the long jump on Wednesday and followed that up on Thursday by taking the silver in the triple jump. Olewine came through with a jump of 35-10 1/2."This feels really good. I came into districts expecting to go to states in just the triple jump because I was seeded second, so I expected to maintain that standing, but to be going in two events is amazing," said Olewine. "I beat my personal best in the triple as well today, which was a 35-5 , so that's just another added bonus to these two days."After all this, I'm very confident going into states. The competition will be very stout, so I'm just going to go in there with a positive attitude and just jump my very best."