Excellence in aquatics winners announced. (National Aquatics Branch).

The National Aquatics Branch recently announced the winners of the 2002 Excellence in Aquatics Award Winners. In communities with populations more than 250,000, Seattle Parks and Recreation was selected; in cities with populations between 100,000 and 250,000, Santa Clarita, Calif., won. The Class III winner, for communities with populations between 50,000 and 100,000, was Delray Beach, Fla. The Muskogee (Okla.) Parks and Recreation Department won the award for communities with populations between 20,000 and 50,000. The Class V winner, for communities with fewer than 20,000 citizens, was Lynbrook, N.Y. The university winner was the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, while the college winner was Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Class VIII winner, for elementary, junior high, middle schools and high schools, was the Tigard-Tualatin School District in Tigard, Ore.