Stowe Winter Carnival: National Ice Carving Association competition results

Part of the annual Stowe Winter Carnival is a nationally sanctioned ice carving competition, which puts artists in their element with frozen temperatures and chainsaws, charged with bringing beauty out of what winter hands us.

This year’s theme was StowOlympics.

Here are the results from this year’s ice carving competition.

Professional division

1. Jeff Scourpa, “Catching Air,” 88.92

2. Jeff Bleier, “Bird of Champions,” 88.83

3. TJ Neary, “Olympic Godfather,” 85.83

4. Mark Creuthamel, “Athena,” 85.33

5. Murray Long, “Olympic Spirit Runs Deep,” 81

6. Erik Fraey, “Olympic Spirit,” 80.75

7. Mark Spangenberg, “Batton Harding,” 78

8. Shannon Gerasimchik, “Fiery Will,” 77.5

9. Wayne Miller’s “Olympic Aspirations,” 69.92

10. Gabe Crouthamel, “Go Sports!,” 69.58

Amateur division

1. Rich Haab, “Olympic Fire and Ice,” 67.42

2. David Barabay, “Downhill Rocket,” 66.25

3. Tony Anderson, “Olympic Skier,” 61.25