Travis Mager
Travis Alexander Mager (born September 9, 1990) is an American ice dancer. With former partner Lauri Bonacorsi, he is the 2011 U.S. Junior silver medalist.
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Country represented | United States |
Born | Silver Spring, Maryland | September 9, 1990
Home town | Fulton, Maryland |
Residence | Wilmington, Delaware |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
Former partner | Lauri Bonacorsi Lauren Ely |
Coach | Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponosov |
Former coach | Christine Binder (with Lauren Ely), Greg Maddalone, Robbie Kaine, Genrikh Sretenski |
Choreographer | Natalia Linichuk |
Former choreographer | Genrikh Sretenski |
Skating club | Ice Works Aston |
Former skating club | Columbia FSC, Columbia MD |
Training locations | Aston, Pennsylvania |
Former training locations | The Gardens Ice House, Laurel MD |
Began skating | 1998 |
Career
Early in his career, Mager skated with Lauren Ely.[1] After a tryout in February 2008, he teamed up officially with Lauri Bonacorsi in late May 2008.[2][3]
Bonacorsi and Mager won the 2009 U.S. novice ice dancing title.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
Programs
(with Bonacorsi)
Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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2011–2012 [8] |
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2010–2011 [9] |
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The Mask:
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2009–2010 [10] |
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2008–2009 [6] |
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Competitive highlights
With Bonacorsi
Results[6][11] | ||||
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International | ||||
Event | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
World Junior Championships | 11th | 7th | ||
JGP Australia | 2nd | |||
JGP Germany | 9th | |||
JGP Great Britain | 5th | |||
JGP Italy | 3rd | |||
JGP Romania | 3rd | |||
JGP United States | 3rd | |||
National | ||||
U.S. Championships | 1st N. | 6th J. | 2nd J. | 2nd J. |
Pacific Coast Sectionals | 1st N. | |||
Eastern Sectionals | 2nd J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | |
JGP = Junior Grand Prix; Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior |
With Ely
National | |
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Event | 2007–2008 |
U.S. Championships | 8th N. |
N. = Novice level |
References
- Mittan, Barry (January 17, 2010). "Junior Dancers Off to Good Start". Skate Today.
- Rutherford, Lynn (January 20, 2009). "New partners Bonacorsi, Mager dance to win". Icenetwork. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- Boccella, Kathy (February 27, 2011). "Radnor High skater's odyssey takes her to world championships". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- "Lauri Bonacorsi and Travis Mager lead novice ice dance at 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships". LifeSkate. January 19, 2009.
- "U.S. Figure Skaters Announce Off-season Changes". U.S. Figure Skating. May 7, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- "Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager". Ice Network. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012.
- Walker, Elvin (October 16, 2011). "Bonacorsi and Mager hope to turn silver into gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
- "Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012.
- "Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
- "Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010.
- "Competition Results: Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Travis Mager. |
- Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager at the International Skating Union
- Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager at Icenetwork
- Lauri Bonacarsi / Travis Mager at Ice-dance.com
- 2011 U.S. Championships: Lauri Bonacorsi /Travis Mager at Ice-dance.com
- Travis Mager (Twitter)
- Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager JGP Milan Italy YouTube video