Denny Dennis Ryther was the 2002 recipient of the Glen S. Hummer Award , an award given to the individual who makes the greatest contribution to the open water swimming in the United States. He was the USA Swimming national open water swimming team manager on numerous international competitions. He is currently serving as the chairman of the UANA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee, serving along with Jose Ismael Gonzales , Executive Committee Liaison from Guatemala, Jorge Delgado , Secretary from Ecuador, and Chantal Van Keekin Frederik from Suriname, Tomas Haces German from Cuba, Gladys Mejia Garcia from El Salvador, Pierre Lafontaine from Canada and Ron Jacks from Canada.