WAILUKU, Maui — Kamehameha successfully defending its boys' team title, while the Kaiser girls claimed their first at the Island Movers/Hawaii High School Athletic Association Track and Field State Championships at War Memorial Stadium Saturday night.

The Warriors scored an astronomical 113 points, easily pulling away from runner-up Baldwin (75). Punahou (55) was third, Iolani (35) fourth and Radford (28) fifth.

"I feel very fortunate to be a part of this program," Kamehameha coach Harvey McInerny said. "It starts from the top: our athletic department, our school, our coaches are the best ever and the kids — the courage that was displayed by the boys and girls of Kamehameha today was epic — and I couldn't be more proud of anyone, ever."

Senior Kayson Smith-Bejgrowicz was a double-winner, claiming gold in both the high jump (6-feet, 6-inches) and triple jump field events (46'-1 1/2").

"We wanted to take a very strong, but careful approach to this meet," said Smith-Bejgrowicz. "We definitely were looking forward to doing what we do, but also being careful, whether it was about the weather, or just getting used to this track as quick as possible and trying to adapt as quickly as possible to do what we do best."

Junior Kaeo Kruse won the 3,000-meter run in a time of nine minutes, 4.83 seconds and posted a runner-up finish in the 1,500.

"We went through a lot of things this year: injuries, sickness, muscle soreness — all of these things — and we just went into this meet knowing that we're all Warriors and we can tough it out and put it together and it turned out amazing. We always knew we were capable of this and it turned out amazing."

The Warriors' team of Keola Pedrina, Justin Desaki, Fatu Sua-Godinet and Dylan Kane claimed first in the 4x100-meter relay event in a time of 43.02 seconds. Kane also finished second in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

The triple jump finals were held Friday, which gave the Warriors a boost heading into Saturday's final.

"He started the day off yesterday winning some big events and this team is such a bonded team of kids that love each other, care about each other and they just perform under pressure," McInerny said. "I've never seen a more courageous bunch of people than what we have out here tonight."

For McInerny, it was not only a close to the season, but his coaching career at Kamehameha.

"We've combined our boys' and girls' programs and I'm the head coach of that, but I am retiring this year," McInerny said. "The program is in good shape. All we can hope for is the athletic department leaves these coaches in place and pulls someone from the ranks to continue what we started."

Meanwhile, the Kaiser girls' were nearly as dominant as the Kamehameha boys, scoring 68 points to run away with the team title. Hawaii Prep (38) was second, Kamehameha (34.5) third, Iolani (32) fourth and Punahou (31) fifth. Seabury Hall, which won its first team crown last year, finished sixth with 29 points.

"It feels awesome to be in this position," Cougars' coach Kevin Kruszona said. "This is new for our coaching staff. The senior class here is responsible for two years ago saying that they were tired of losing, so they put in the work, the coaches put in the game plan for the last two years and we trained them as decathletes — because we knew they would do multiple events — and we've had great support from their families all year. It's just an awesome feeling."

Senior Celine Lum was Kaiser's only individual champion, capturing gold in the pole vault with a mark of 11 feet, six inches. She was also part of the winning 4x400-meter relay team, which posted an impressive mark of 4:00.95.

"I'm so, so stoked right now. That's the one word I can use to describe it," Lum said. "We put all of our energy and effort into this and it all pulled through and I can't be more grateful for God helping us win, for our coaches helping us pull through. This is the best way to leave a mark for Kaiser, because Kaiser has never won states before."

The rest of the 4x400 team was made up Tommi Hintnaus, Kristen O'Handley and Teuila Gardner. O'Handley finished second in the 400-meter dash, third in the high jump and fourth in the 100, while Gardner was second in the high jump and fourth in the 400. Hintnaus added a third-place finish in the pole vault.

Like the boys' high jump, the girls' pole vault finals were held Friday.

"Tommi Hintnaus taking third, Celine Lum winning was just a great momentum-builder coming into today because everybody else did well," Kruszona said. "The high jump girls — I mean, we had three girls in the top five — that was a big boost again in the first event coming into today. The momentum just took off and when that starts happening, all the other girls start feeling it and they get that extra energy that they need for doing a two-day meet."

Gardner, who had the top qualifying time in the 800-meter run, decided to withdraw from the event to preserve energy for the 4x400.

"For the amount of energy she was going to have to use against those girls, we really wanted to save her for that 4x400, because they haven't lost in that race all year," Kruszona said. "It was going to expend a lot of her energy. She was already tired after the 400."

Four other athletes claimed double gold Saturday. Baldwin junior Bailey Kaopuiki won the boys' 100-meter dash in 10.74 seconds and the 200 in a time of 21.68 seconds.

"I'm very excited for what I've done," Kaopuiki said. "I trained really hard for this. Not going to the finals last year and then going to this is really shocking, but it feels great."

Iolani senior Kamu Borden repeated in the discus throw with a mark of 160 feet, nine inches and also claimed the shot put with a mark of 57 feet, 3 3/4 inches.

Moanalua senior Kathleen Funcheon swept the girls' 100- and 200-meter dashes with times of 12.11 and 24.51 seconds, respectively. Both are new wind-aided records for the state championship meet.

"I'm happy with it, (but) a little disappointed that there was wind today, because I really wanted to see what I could do by myself, but I think overall it's a great accomplishment and I'm really pleased with it," said Funcheon, who will run track at the University of Alabama next year.

Making her feats even more impressive is the fact that Na Menehune did not have a track to practice on this season while the football field is being resurfaced.

"It's quite difficult, because we can't just walk down to the field. We've had practices at multiple places so it's a lot of traveling and it's kind of difficult because everybody has different events, everybody can't make it to the same place, so it's quite an obstacle to overcome."

Hawaii Prep junior Emma Taylor won both the girls' 100- and 300-meter hurdles in times of 14.63 and 44.26 seconds, respectively. It was her third state crown in both events.

Kihei Charter sophomore Maya Reynolds made history when she claimed the girls' 400-meter dash in a time of 58.03 seconds, becoming the first state champion in the sport from her school.

Also, for the first time in the history of the state meet, the HHSAA teamed up with Special Olympics Hawaii to hold two Unified relay races. The teams were comprised of two regular education students and two special education students. Kaimuki won the 4x100-meter relay in a time of 55.48 seconds and the 4x400-meter relay in 4:43.07.