Molly Perkins became the first UW-Stout runner to win the WIAC 10,000-meter run since 1986, winning the event at the 2021 WIAC Women's Track and Field Championship, presented by Culver's, in May at UW-River Falls' Ramer Field. Perkins paced the field with a career-best time of 37-minutes, 21.98-seconds, winning by 10 seconds and becoming the first Stout woman to win the event since Sue Meyer in 1986.