Athletics
Chestnut Hill Academy's athletic teams play in the Inter-Academic League (Inter-ac) which, since its inception in 1887, remains the nation's oldest and most prestigious interscholastic athletic conference.
While the nickname for all the school's teams has been the Hillers since before 1900, a more popular choice, a version of the "Duke Blue Devils", has been the school's mascot since 1982.
Chestnut Hill emerged as one of the most vaunted soccer programs in Pennsylvania under celebrated coach Jim Talbot during the late 1980s, winning eight consecutive Inter-Ac championships between 1987 and 1994.
The Blue Devils would go another five seasons before their next Inter-Ac title, winning consecutive league crowns in 1999 and 2000 under Bob DiBenedetto. Among the star players on these teams were Dan Gargan, class of 2001, who went on to play for Georgetown and the Colorado Rapids, and Jeff Larentowicz, class of 2001, who played for Brown and the New England Revolution.
CHA's crew has sent several boats to Nationals and produced several collegiate and Olympic-level rowers, including J. Adam Holland. In 2006, 12 of 13 boats made it to the finals of the Philadelphia City Championship.
In middle school, students are required to play three sports a year, one for each trimester/athletic season. In their high school years, students may play fewer.
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