The Iowa Hawkeyes are in second place at the Golfweek Conference Challenge after the first of three rounds. Iowa shot 2-under 286 as a team at Spirit Hollow Golf Course in Burlington, just ahead of third place Southern Methodist (minus-1) but well behind LSU (minus-10).

All five Hawkeyes are in the top half of the leaderboard, within 4 strokes of each other. Junior Nate Yankovich posted a career-best at 2-under 70 to stand alone in fourth place. One stroke behind him is sophomore Carson Schaake, who is tied for sixth. Senior Ian Vandersee held serve with an even-par performance, slotting him in a tie for 12th. Senior Brian Bullington is at 1 over and tied for 17th, and sophomore Raymond Knoll is 24th at 2 over.

The second round will start at 9 a.m. today.

— by Nick Vittore