Travis Mager


Travis Alexander Mager is an American ice dancer. With former partner Lauri Bonacorsi, he is the 2011 U.S. Junior silver medalist.

Career

Early in his career, Mager skated with Lauren Ely. After a tryout in February 2008, he teamed up officially with Lauri Bonacorsi in late May 2008.
Bonacorsi and Mager won the 2009 U.S. novice ice dancing title. They won the bronze medal at the 2009 JGP Lake Placid. In May 2010, it was reported they had changed coaches to Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.
In the 2010–11 season, Bonacorsi and Mager won the bronze medal at the 2010 JGP Brasov Cup in Romania. They won silver on the junior level at the 2011 U.S. Championships. They placed 11th at the 2011 World Junior Championships.
Bonacorsi and Mager won the silver medal at the 2011 Junior Grand Prix event in Brisbane, Australia, and bronze at another JGP event, the Walter Lombardi Trophy in Milan, Italy. They were the first alternates to the 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada in December 2011. Bonacorsi and Mager finished 7th at the 2012 World Junior Championships. They announced the end of their partnership in April 2012.

Personal life

Mager completed two years at the University of Maryland and was then accepted as a transfer student at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated summa cum laude from the college of arts and sciences with his major in Art History.

Programs

SeasonShort danceFree dance
2011–2012

by Jessica Jay
performed by Nana Mouskouri

  • Close to You
by Sandra and Tony Alessi
2010–2011

  • My Sweet and Tender Beast
by Eugen Doga
The Mask:
  • Cuban Pete
by Jose Norman
  • This Business of Love
by Howie Hersh
  • Hey Pachuco
Royal Crown Revue
2009–2010


by Al Caiola

by Yiruma
by Ludovico Einaudi
2008–2009

by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Competitive highlights

With Bonacorsi

With Ely