and the initiation of a “campus climate task force.” Athletics Emmanuel athletic teams are the Saints. The college is a member of the Division III level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) since the 1995–96 academic year. Emmanuel competes in 16 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball. Club and intramural sports include men's baseball, women's dance, women's field hockey, co-ed sailing and co-ed cheerleading. Former sports included women's tennis, which competed until after the 2013 spring season (2012–13 school year). Emmanuel began to sponsor men's sports since the college became co-educational, effective in the 2001–02 school year. Clemente Field In the summer 2009, Emmanuel College partnered with the City of Boston for the $4 million comprehensive restoration of Roberto Clemente Field, a city-owned field located in the Back Bay Fens across the street from the campus in the Emerald Necklace. The renovations included an upgraded 120,000 sq. ft. NCAA-regulation synthetic turf field, a three-lane rubberized all-weather track, Musco lighting, practice facilities for expanded track and field events, a new scoreboard, as well as spectator stands and handicapped seating. The field serves as home for Emmanuel softball, men's and women's soccer and women's lacrosse teams, as well as the practice facility for men's and women's track and field. The field is open to the public, and is used by Boston Latin School athletics, Fenway High School gym classes, Colleges of the Fenway intramurals, and adult and young summer softball leagues. The City of Boston-Emmanuel agreements is valid for 10 years and will presumably be revisited in 2019. . The track is approximately 422 meters long. Notable people Mary McGrory, a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist. Placed on Nixon's Enemies List. Mary Beth Cahill, interim CEO of the Democratic National Committee and campaign manager for Senator John Kerry’s 2004 presidential run. Gregory John Hartmayer O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Atlanta Rebecca Hains, a communication and media studies scholar known for her expertise in children’s media culture. Nancy Kerrigan, a figure skater who represented the United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics. Marian T. Ryan, District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The Commonwealth's only female District Attorney. Helen