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Phillip Attmore’s suave, tap-dancing Tinman, Nate Tenenbaum’s sassy Lion and Nehemiah Hooks’ lovable Scarecrow all shine in their introductory songs alongside a cast whose riffs and vocal runs are worthy of their own studio recording.

The questions became public on Tuesday when Sam Parsons, a professional runner for the Tinman Elite group, tweeted “Wait… this story of why pro runners in Flag are banned from using Sedona HS track for training rn cannot be real.”

After leaving Winchester’s Millbrook High, Shirk took over for Joan and Marc Hunter, who won 19 state championships as a wife-and-husband coaching tandem before leaving for professional running team Tinman Elite this summer.

Tinman Elite, a professional running team based there, announced Joan Hunter as its coach this week.

Marc Hunter is expected to join Tinman Elite in a business and training capacity at a later date.