Nina Kuscsik, the first women's division champion in the Boston Marathon, has died at age 86. An obituary for Kuscsik said ...

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 ...

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.

Nina Kuscsik campaigned for women’s inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year they were officially allowed to enter the race.

Nina Kuscsik, the first woman to enter the New York City Marathon and the first official female winner of the Boston Marathon, who in the 1970s repudiated the widely-held and unfounded belief that ...

Huntington Station's Kuscsik was the only woman to compete in the inaugural New York City Marathon in 1970.

Kuscsik won the women's division of the Boston Marathon in 1972, the first official year women were allowed to enter the Boston Marathon.

Overcoming male resistance as a voice for equality, she was the first woman to enter the New York City Marathon and the first official female winner of the Boston race.

Nina Kuscsik, who helped break open the boys’ club of long-distance running, challenging sexist attitudes and scientific misconceptions while becoming the first woman to run in the New York City ...

Nina Kuscsik, Who Was Crucial in Opening Distance Running to Women, Dies at 86 The first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon, she advocated over decades for women in her sport By Chris ...

Nina Kuscsik, First Official Boston Marathon Women’s Winner, Dies at 86 She ran Boston in 1969, before women could officially enter, then won the race in 1972.

Nina Kuscsik, distance-running pioneer and first official women’s winner of Boston Marathon, dies at 86 Nina Kuscsik runs in the 1972 Boston Marathon.