Like most athletes, Gwen Remaley set goals before her senior track season.

And while Remaley called her aspirations "realistic," others would probably define them as lofty.Remaley, however, isn't the typical high school athlete."Before the season started, I made what I thought were three realistic goals of reaching 42 feet in shot put, breaking the school's discus record and medaling at states," said Remaley. "I reached all three goals, and I was very happy with that. It's not like they were easy, but they weren't too far-fetched."Accomplishing one of the above milestones would have been a feat in itself, but to garner all three clearly shows why Remaley was named the 2014 Times News Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year."She's an extremely hard-working student-athlete," said Bill Brong, the Indians' throwing coach. "She's really become a student of the game analyzing her technique, getting to the point of instantaneously knowing what she did wrong or right. She's very coachable and does anything you ask. She's also very competitive. She didn't like to lose, and she always wanted to throw her best."Remaley actually reached her career bests in both of her events (shot put and discus) this season.In the shot put she placed first in all six of her Mountain Valley Conference meets and two invitationals. In the postseason, she earned gold at both leagues and districts.At districts, where she competed in the AAA class, she not only finished on top but broke a 30-year old meet record with a distance of 41-11 . Her best throw of 42-4 on April 25 won the Allen Invitational and bettered her own school and Times News all-time area best record.Even though she didn't match that distance at states, throwing 40-7 , she was still able to earn an eighth-place medal."More people think of discus as a technique event, but the shot put really is, too," said Remaley, who will continue her academic and athletic careers at Muhlenberg College. "Everyone is like, it's just a power throw. But it's not. If you try and throw it with just power, you're really not going to get it that far. It comes to technique, and then at the last minute, explosion.""She's a natural shot putter," said Brong. "She has really super extension, which is extremely hard to coach. She has the flick off the fingertips, which is very difficult to get people to do. She has a real powerful lower body ... and good arm speed."What she also has is an older sister who excelled in the sport.Catherine Remaley, who used to hold Lehighton's discus record of 118-0, was the target of Remaley even during the offseason. But as she explains, it wasn't just a sibling rivalry thing. She wanted to break the school mark no matter who held it."With the discus, it wasn't just beating my sister's record," said Remaley. "I would have tried to get the record anyway. It just gave me a little more of a push to beat it. I didn't see her (the night I broke it) but earlier in the season she said that she would be happy if I did get the record."Remaley had five firsts in the discus during the dual meet season. In the Indians' last matchup, against Pocono Mountain West, she threw 120-4 to top her sister's old mark of 118-0. Remaley went on to claim gold at both leagues (116-8) and districts (119-5) and placed 14th at states with a throw of 114-0."I don't know which event I like the most," said Remaley, who will be studying veterinary medicine at Muhlenberg. "I'm probably better in shot put, but I kind of like discus more. They're kind of equal to me. I guess it just depends on the day.""I think throwing the discus helped keep her sanity," said Brong. "There was a little sibling rivalry there with her sister and the record. And there were times we threw more discus than maybe we should have. But it kept her sanity in the sense there were periods of time she was stagnant in the shot put, so it was good just to get away from it. She's ready to break out discuswise. I'm not one to say what people throw at practice but she had some unbelievable discus throws ... in a year or two down the road in college she's going to come out of the woodwork in the event."As good as Remaley was in her throwing events, and despite all the time and effort she dedicated to them, the former Indian has proved to be an all-around athlete."We did timed stuff at the beginning of the season, and in the 40 I had one of the top times," said Remaley. "The sprinting coach kind of hinted about me running, but I just wanted to focus on throwing my last year. Everybody thinks throwers are slow, but I play field hockey, too. It's a completely opposite thing, but that helps me be more in shape."Besides throwing at Muhlenberg, Remaley will also be on the field hockey team."Everyone thinks I'm crazy (for doing both sports at college) but I like being busy."