WAILUKU — While they will enjoy an advantage competing in their home facility, the Maui Interscholastic League track and field team champions from Baldwin High School and Seabury Hall appear to be out of range in the team title chases for the Island Movers State Championships that begin a two-day run today at Yamamoto Track & Field Facility.

The MIL carries five top qualifying marks into the meet.

Lahainaluna’s Apakasi Felemi is No. 1 by more than 3 feet in the boys discus, at 157 feet, 5 inches, defending state champion Rey Cadiz of Baldwin has the top mark in the 110-meter hurdles (14.28 seconds), and Seabury Hall’s Noah Payne leads the boys 100 (10.70) and 200 (21.89) qualifying lists.

Baldwin’s Tianna Powell leads the girls pole vault by more than a foot with her qualifying mark of 11-8.

“We don’t have the guns this year, we don’t have enough guns,” veteran Baldwin boys coach Gary Sanches said — the Baldwin boys have won 14 straight MIL team titles. “Punahou is just loaded. Saint Louis has got some good sprinters, so they’ll be in the hunt, but after that everything will be probably up for grabs. … Punahou just has too many guns, they have kids in every event. They just keep reloading.”

Action starts today at 11 a.m. with the boys discus and at noon on Saturday with the girls discus. Running events start at 3:30 p.m. today and 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Cadiz is the state record holder in the 110 hurdles and a three-time state hurdles champion. He is seeded fourth in the 300 hurdles, an event he won last year.

“Noah Payne should hold his own in the 100 and 200, so hopefully some of the Maui kids, especially the boys, show something,” Sanches said. “So we don’t get wiped out, let them know that track and field is alive and well on Maui, too.”

Baldwin teammate Michael Rebolledo is seeded second in the boys long jump.

On the girls side, Seabury Hall is the seven-time defending MIL team champs.

As usual, the Spartans are led by a state cross country champion, Chloe Gangnath, who has an 800, 1,500 and 3,000 triple in mind for state. Gangnath is seeded third in the 1,500 and 800, and second in the 3,000. She is also entered in the 400, but may drop that race.

“We are working pretty good, but Punahou is deep, probably could win states by 30 more points than us, or whoever else would come in second,” Seabury Hall girls coach Bobby Grossman said. “They have throwers, too, and we’re kind of missing a 1,500 and 800 runner like we’ve had in the past to kind of bump them. So, they’re kind of strong.”

Individually, the MIL girls contingent is highlighted by the four-event entry list of Baldwin’s Sela Panuve, who is seeded second in the triple jump and high jump, fourth in the 100 hurdles, and eighth in the long jump.

Seabury Hall will be bolstered by Ameera Waterford, who is seeded third in the 100 hurdles, and sixth in the 300 hurdles and 200. Teammate Maile Dougherty is seeded fourth in the triple jump.

Baldwin’s Alexis Asato and Kamehameha Maui’s Teija Tuitele both have qualifying marks of 10-3 in the girls pole vault, which is tied for third best. King Kekaulike’s Isabella Dillon enters the meet No. 3 in the girls 100.

“If (Punahou) has a bad day, honestly, you know they struggle in a couple things, we have a shot at it,” Grossman said. “We have about a 5 percent chance at this point.”

Other top-five seeds among MIL individuals include Baldwin’s Tyler Adachi (fifth in boys 110 hurdles), and Maui High’s Damon Wakefield (second in boys 1,500, third in 800 and third in 3,000), Hunter Shields (third in boys 1,500) and Adam Hakola (fourth in boys 3,000).

* Robert Collias is at rcollias@mauinews.com.