Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Weir akakunda Junior Eastern Sectionals muna 1999 na2000. Mwaka unotevera (2000<unk>2001), Weir akakwikwidza semukuru kekutanga, achiuya pachinzvimbo chechitanhatu kuUS Nationals kunyangwe "kutambura kwakanyanya kwechiuno flexor", uye kuhwina Eastern Sectionals semukuru. Akanga ari wechitatu mutevedzeri mu 2000 Junior Grand Prix yekupedzisira, achiuya munzvimbo yechitanhatu uye yechipiri pamabasa ake maviri eJunior Grand Prix, asi akakunda, pazera remakore gumi nematanhatu, menduru yegoridhe paWorld Junior Championships
. Akanga ari wechiAmerica wechigumi kukunda paJunior Worlds uye wokutanga American murume skater kubva Derrick Delmore akahwina muna 1998. Lysacek akakunda menduru yesirivha; yakanga iri nguva yokutanga kubvira Rudy Galindo naTodd Eldredge muna 1987 kuti varume vokuAmerica vakauya munzvimbo yokutanga neyechipiri. Pasinei nokuwa pakusvetuka kwakareruka zvikuru muchirongwa chake chipfupi, kupunzika katatu, Weir akaiswa pakutanga achienda muchikwangwani chokusununguka. Weir akagamuchira zvibodzwa zvakanakisisa zvemifananidzo, kugamuchira 5.7s nokuda kwokuratidzira mu skate yake yakasununguka.