Fall

Cross Country – Girls Varsity

The Girls Varsity Cross Country aims to compete at the highest levels, both on the course and in the classroom, building skills that will help students succeed in school and beyond.

Team Highlights

2023 Scarlett Hawkins All ISL, All New England, NEPSTA All Star Champion – First Place

2024 Team Captains: Naomi Hammerschlag and Kate Martin

Half way through the season record: 8-0

Schedule
Coaches

Date	Opponent	Time	Home/Away	Type	Result
Upcoming Games
9/13/25	@	2:30 pm	<None Specified> i ✕ Date: 9/13/25 Opponent: Time: 2:30 pm Home/Away: <None Specified> Type: Preseason Location: Brooks School	Preseason	TBD
9/20/25	@	12:30 pm	<None Specified> i ✕ Date: 9/20/25 Opponent: Time: 12:30 pm Home/Away: <None Specified> Type: Regular Location: Belmont Hill School Notes: run in Boys JV race as a workout	Regular	TBD
9/27/25	Girls Cross Country @ Tabor w/St. Georges and Middlesex	2:00 pm	Away i ✕ Date: 9/27/25 Opponents: St. George’s School, Middlesex School Time: 2:00 pm Home/Away: Away Type: Regular Location: Tabor Academy Notes: vs Tabor, St. George's and Middlesex	Regular	TBD
10/4/25	Girls Cross Country @ Nobles w/Governors	2:00 pm	Away i ✕ Date: 10/4/25 Opponents: Governor’s Academy Time: 2:00 pm Home/Away: Away Type: Regular Location: Noble & Greenough School Notes: vs Nobles & Governors	Regular	TBD
10/11/25	Girls Cross Country @ St. Mark’s w/Brooks	2:00 pm	Away i ✕ Date: 10/11/25 Opponents: Brooks School Time: 2:00 pm Home/Away: Away Type: Regular Location: St. Mark's School	Regular	TBD
10/18/25	vs. Brooks School	2:00 pm	Home i ✕ Date: 10/18/25 Opponent: Brooks School Time: 2:00 pm Home/Away: Home Type: Regular Location:	Regular	TBD
10/25/25	Girls Cross Country @ Milton w/Winsor	3:00 pm	Away i ✕ Date: 10/25/25 Opponents: Winsor School Time: 3:00 pm Home/Away: Away Type: Regular Location: Milton Academy	Regular	TBD
10/31/25	@	1:00 pm	<None Specified> i ✕ Date: 10/31/25 Opponent: Time: 1:00 pm Home/Away: <None Specified> Type: Regular Location: Wrentham	Regular	TBD
11/8/25	@	–	<None Specified> i ✕ Date: 11/8/25 Opponent: Time: – Home/Away: <None Specified> Type: Regular Location:	Regular	TBD

Charles O’Rourke

Bus Driver, Head Varsity Cross Country Coach

Coach Charlie O’Rourke began coaching Cross-Country at BB&N in 1987. He has led the Knights to the ISL Championship in 1997 and to numerous top three finishes at the New England Championships. He is the Head Coach of both Boys and Girls XC Teams and Coach of the Boys Track Teams. He has coached 2 National Track Champions, the latest was Kitso Paulson (BB&N) who won the Javelin at the New Balance Nationals at the University of Pennsylvania in June of 2023. Coach O’Rourke restarted the BBN Boys and Girls Spring Track Teams in 2019 and after two seasons the Boys team finished with a 13-7 record and the Girls Track Team was 20-0. Since the restart of the Spring Track Program the Boys Team has broken every record that was previously set in past years. O’Rourke was inducted into the Massachusetts Track Coaches Hall of Fame in was also Boston Globe Coach of the Year in 2010. He is a USA Track & Field Level 1 and M.I.A.A. certified Track Coach. O’Rourke is on the Board of Trustees for the Massachusetts Track Coaches Association, member of the Massachusetts Track Coaches Finance Committee and the Meet Director of the Indoor State Coaches Meet. He has been the Meet Director of the NEPSTA XC All Star Meet since 2011.

Millie Paladino

Athletic Coach

Rachel Hyland

Spanish Teacher, Athletic Coach

Matthew Turnbull

History Teacher, Athletic Coach

The Girls Varsity Cross Country team look forward to the end of the season and are currently sitting undefeated in the ISL. They are looking forward to doing better than the year before in ISL’s and D2 New Englands with this talented team of runners. We finished 4th in the ISL’s and 3rd in D2 New Englands in 2023.

Season Recap

The Girls Varsity Cross Country team is looking forward to another successful season full of camaraderie and competition after posting a 9-5 record in 2022. Through building the skills they learned in previous seasons and learning new techniques, our athletes are prepared to compete at the elite levels offered in the ISL and NEPSAC.