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Chelsea senior Chris Germann smiles as he participates in a relay race while loaded up with beach attire during a field day for Washtenaw County Special Olympic athletes at Fr. Gabriel Richard on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com

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• Chelsea senior Chris Germann smiles as he participates in a relay race while loaded up with beach attire during a field day for Washtenaw County Special Olympic athletes at Fr. Gabriel Richard on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_05_fullsize.jpg
• Saline student Joey Hornyak shows off his muscles as he poses for a photo with Fr. Gabriel Richard juniors Anne Weitzel, Samantha Lanzetta, and Kelly Barletta. Father Gabriel Richard hosted dozens of Washtenaw County Special Olympic athletes for a field day of events at the school. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_04_fullsize.jpg
• Saline student Joey Hornyak and Sister Sarah chant "Go Blue!" while participating in a field day at Gabriel Richard on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Father Gabriel Richard hosted dozens of Washtenaw County Special Olympic athletes for a field day of events at the school. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_01_fullsize.jpg
• Washtenaw County Special Olympic athletes play hockey along side Gabriel Richard students at the school during a field day of events on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_03_fullsize.jpg
• Gabriel Richard students hang out with Devin Sparrow, of Milan, center, as he catches some rays on the soccer field during a Washtenaw County Special Olympic field day at at the school on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_08_fullsize.jpg
• Washtenaw County Special Olympic athletes and Gabriel Richard line up for sno-cones at Fr. Gabriel Richard on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_07_fullsize.jpg
• Washtenaw County Special Olympic athletes take a break from the field to eat pizza in the gym at field day at Gabriel Richard on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_14_fullsize.jpg
• Ann Warner assists Pioneer student Ibrahim Omais as he checks out the spider he had painted on his check during a field day for Washtenaw County Special Olympic athletes at Fr. Gabriel Richard on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_06_fullsize.jpg
• Zakyla Hill, 8, eyes a green cone as she scoots on a roller board during a Washtenaw County Special Olympic field day at at the school on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_13_fullsize.jpg
• Gabriel Richard freshman Brooke Smith and Holmes elementary schooler Lataysia Logan, 9 enjoy sno-cones during a Washtenaw County Special Olympic field day at at the school on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_12_fullsize.jpg
• Gabriel Richard junior Nathan Fink and Dominic Brown, 10 celebrate after a race during a Washtenaw County Special Olympic field day at at the school on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_11_fullsize.jpg
• From left, Dominic Brown, 10, Timothy O'Neill, 9, Gabriel Richard junior Erica Hammerstein, Jordan Murray, 9 and Gabriel Richard junior Nathan Fink race each other during a Washtenaw County Special Olympic field day at at the school on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_10_fullsize.jpg
• Milan student Devin Sparrow sits with Gabriel Richard junior Emily Sartorius d as they enjoy their sno-cones in the sun during a Washtenaw County Special Olympic field day at at the school on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_09_fullsize.jpg
• Gabriel Richard junior Mary Grace Dunleavy holds a canvas for Chelsea student Andy Ruiz-Acosta as she paints next to junior Liz Bogdan. Fr. Gabriel Richard hosted dozens of Washtenaw County Special Olympic athletes for a field day of events at the school. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 Field Day/cache/041713_NEWS_Special_Olympics_MRM_02_fullsize.jpg

Around 530 Father Gabriel Richard High School students worked together to provide a day of field events and activities to dozens of Washtenaw County Special Olympics athletes at the school on Wednesday.

Sporting events, relay races, art projects and a pizza lunch were a few of the events on the schedule, capped off with a sno-cone truck for dessert.

Melanie Maxwell is a staff photographer for AnnArbor.com.