It was déjà vu for the Iowa women’s swimming and diving team after the first day of competition at the Big Ten Championships in West Lafayette, Ind.

The Hawkeyes only competed in two events on Wednesday — the 200 medley relay and the 800 free relay.

Iowa posted back-to-back ninth-place finishes, putting the Hawkeyes ahead of Michigan State and Illinois for ninth overall.

The squad started how it ended the conference title meet exactly last year when Iowa finished ninth, ahead of the same two teams.

Indiana sits atop the leader board after Day One.

Thursday’s action begins with the prelims at 10 a.m., culminating with the finals at 5:30 p.m. Teams are slated to compete in five individual events.

— by Mitch Smith