 He made his senior national debut at the 2001 U.S. Championships , placing 12th at the age of fifteen . Lysacek was named second alternate to the US team to the 2001 World Junior Championships and was placed on the team after Ryan Bradley withdrew due to injury . Lysacek performed two clean programs and came in second behind fellow American Johnny Weir , giving the United States a gold and a silver on the World Junior podium for the first time since 1987 . 
