Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Weir ya lashe Junior Eastern Sectionals a 1999 da 2000. A kakar wasa ta gaba (2000<unk>2001), Weir ya yi gasa a matsayin babban jami'i a karon farko, ya zo a matsayi na shida a gasar tsere ta Amurka duk da "ciwo mai rauni na hip flexor", kuma ya lashe Eastern Sectionals a matsayin babban jami'in. Ya kasance mai maye gurbin na uku a wasan karshe na Junior Grand Prix na 2000, yana zuwa a matsayi na shida da na biyu a ayyukansa biyu na Junior Grand Prix, amma ya lashe, yana da shekaru 16, lambar zinare a gasar cin kofin duniya ta duniya.
Gasar zakarun duniya. Shi ne Ba'amurke na goma da ya ci nasara a Junior Worlds kuma dan wasan Amurka na farko tun lokacin da Derrick Delmore ya ci nasara a shekarar 1998. Lysacek ya lashe lambar azurfa; shi ne karo na farko tun lokacin da Rudy Galindo da Todd Eldredge a 1987 cewa 'yan Amurkan sun zo na farko da na biyu. Duk da faduwa a kan tsalle mafi sauki a cikin gajeren shirinsa, sau uku, Weir ya kasance na farko da ya shiga cikin kyauta. Weir ya sami mafi kyawun maki na fasaha, yana karɓar 5.7s don gabatarwa a cikin keken sa kyauta.