William Smith College Fiona Howes was the top first-year runner for the Herons at the Hamilton Tune-Up on Saturday. She traversed the 4-kilometer course in 18:40.4, a 10.4-second improvement from her time on the same course on Sept. 9, where she finsihed 86th of 102 runners. This past weekend, she was 58th out of 111 runners.