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Easter egg hunt goes underwater

Children swim for Easter eggs Saturday during 2019 hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center

Hudson Smith, 6, from Gainesville, swims for an egg during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. This is the first year the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt has taken place at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center. - photo by Austin Steele

04142019 UNDERWATER 001.JPG — Hudson Smith, 6, from Gainesville, swims for an egg during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. This is the first year the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt has taken place at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center. - photo by Austin Steele

Children swim for plastic eggs during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. This is the first year the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt has taken place at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center in Gainesville.

Aaron Barnnett, wearing an Easter bunny mask, hands children plastic eggs found in the pool during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. This is the first year the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt has taken place at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center. - photo by Austin Steele

04142019 UNDERWATER 002.JPG — Aaron Barnnett, wearing an Easter bunny mask, hands children plastic eggs found in the pool during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. This is the first year the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt has taken place at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center. - photo by Austin Steele

Amir Barnett, 11, collects eggs in his shirt from the pool during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

04142019 UNDERWATER 003.JPG — Amir Barnett, 11, collects eggs in his shirt from the pool during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

Shannon Parris, aquatics manager at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center, tosses eggs into the pool during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 13, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

04142019 UNDERWATER 005.JPG — Shannon Parris, aquatics manager at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center, tosses eggs into the pool during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 13, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

Maklayla Bailey, 11, carries handfuls of eggs to the edge of the pool during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

04142019 UNDERWATER 006.JPG — Maklayla Bailey, 11, carries handfuls of eggs to the edge of the pool during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

Bryson Smith, 9, from Gainesville, places eggs collected in the pool into a bag during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. This is the first year the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt has taken place at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center. - photo by Austin Steele

04142019 UNDERWATER 004.JPG — Bryson Smith, 9, from Gainesville, places eggs collected in the pool into a bag during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. This is the first year the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt has taken place at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center. - photo by Austin Steele

Children swim for eggs thrown in the pool during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

04142019 UNDERWATER 007.JPG — Children swim for eggs thrown in the pool during the Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at Frances Meadows Aquatic Center on Saturday, April 13, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele