It was perhaps the fastest Frank Warnica had ever seen his son Alister move.

Alister Warnica, 4, along with an army of other youngsters, charged a field of brightly-colored, plastic eggs, strewn across Prospect Park and around the Onset Bandshell, in this year’s Easter egg hunt.

“I wish you could get ready that quick in the morning, so dad could get to work!” Warnica said to Alister.

Though there were 8,200 eggs this year, Onset Bay Association President Kat Jones said, the hunt began at 11 a.m., and ended at 11:01 a.m., with the kids leaving nary an egg on the suddenly-bare field.

The event was free, and put on by the Onset Bay Association, Onset restaurant Marc Anthony’s, and and the Best Buddies Program.

Jones said she believes the hunt has been going on for 10 years, and that Nicole Miceli, who oversees the event every year, enlists the Best Buddies Program to help her fill the thousands of eggs, and others to help spread them out over the field.

She also said the hunt is preceded by a pancake breakfast, the proceeds of which go towards an organization. This year, it was the Wareham Young Adult Program, which supports developmentally delayed students.

Jones said she doesn’t think the hunt will be any different next year – save for possibly more eggs.