PEORIA, Ill. -- It's time to vote for the Prairie Farms Bradley Athlete of the Month! Now that the calendar has flipped to May, it's time to look back at April and vote for which Brave had the best month of action.

Senior Trixie Wraith of the track & field team, graduate student Landon Lowe of the baseball team, sophomore Julia de Palma of the track & field team and senior Brynna Seitz of the softball team are the nominees for Prairie Farms Bradley Athlete of the Month in April.
 
Voting opens today at 11:30 a.m., will be open for 48 hours and will be conducted through the @BradleyBraves X account.
 
Trixie Wraith • Sr. • Track & Field • 
• Became the first Brave to run a 5000m race in under 16 minutes, setting a new program record at 15:51.98 at the Stanford Invitational.
• Set the fourth-fastest 1500m time in program history at the Bryan Clay Invite, running 4:13.64.
• Her 1500m and 5000m times remain the best in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Landon Lowe • Gr. • Baseball • Key West, Florida
• Started all 17 games for Bradley during the month of April.
• Tallied at least one hit in 15 games during the month, including eight multi-hit games.
• Reached base in every game during the month and tallied a .439 batting average.
 
Julia de Palma Mendiguchia • So. • Track & Field • 
• Broke her own 400m Hurdles program record at the Bryan Clay Invite, lowering it by a full second to 1:01.09.
• Broke the 400m Hurdles record again the following week, running 1:00.73 at the Drake Relays.
• Ran the second leg of the second- and fifth-fastest 4x400m Relay teams in program history at the Clay Invite and Drake Relays.

Brynna Seitz • Sr. • Softball • Stronghurst, Illinois
• Started all 14 games for the Braves during the month of April.
• Recorded a four-game hitting streak from April 21-25, tallying eight hits in 16 at-bats.
• Set a career-high for hits in a game with three against Valparaiso on April 24.