Kuscsik, who died June 8 at the age of 86, was part of a core group of women in the late-1960s and early ’70s, who successfully fought to open competitive long-distance running to women.

BOSTON — Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has ...

Nina Kuscsik, who helped open the marathon to women, dies at 86. In the 1970s, she made history while running in Boston and New York. She later fought to get a women’s marathon into the Olympics.

BOSTON — Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has ...

BOSTON — Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has ...

Nina Kuscsik, trailblazer in women's running, has died She ran the Boston Marathon four times from 1968-71 — before women were officially welcomed — and then won the first official women's ...

Nina Kuscsik, trailblazer in women's running, has died She ran the Boston Marathon four times from 1968-71 — before women were officially welcomed — and then won the first official women's ...

BOSTON — Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has ...

Nina Kuscsik, trailblazer in women's running, has died She ran the Boston Marathon four times from 1968-71 — before women were officially welcomed — and then won the first official women's ...

BOSTON — Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has ...