From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Kingsway’s Noemi Haller ran one of the fastest freshman 400s in South Jersey history Monday at Spartan Sprint Night at Deptford.

Haller lowered her PR from 57.04 from South Jersey Elite at Delsea earlier this month to 55.98 in only her 3^rdmajor outdoor 400. She ran 59.06 indoors at Ocean Breeze.

Haller’s time is fastest this year by a New Jersey freshman, and it’s 9^th-fastest overall. It’s No. 3^rd-fastest among South Jersey quarter-milers, behind Sianni Wynn’s South Jersey-record 52.80 and Natalie Dumas’s 54.06.

It’s also No. 10 all-time in Gloucester County. She broke the Kingsway school record of 56.24 set by Thaila Cooper when she won the 400 at the 2013 state Group 3 meet in South Plainfield. Cooper also previously held the Gloucester County freshman record with a 57.53 at the 2012 Meet of Champions at Old Bridge.

Wynn set the South Jersey freshman record of 53.97 at Group 4 states two years ago in Somerset.

All-Time Gloucester County 400 List
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
53.49 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
54.62 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2008
54.83 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], 2024
53.60 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2021
55.3h … Lori Lewis [Woodbury], 1978
55.50 … Sabrina Burrell [Delsea], 2014
55.72 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2015
55.93 … Brianna Crofton [Delsea], 2009
55.98 … Noemi Haller [Kingsway], 2025