Nina Kuscsik, the first women's division champion in the Boston Marathon, has died at age 86. An obituary for Kuscsik said she "passed away peacefully" on the morning of Sunday, June 8, "after a long ...

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.

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 ...

Kuscsik went on to win New York again in 1973 and Boston again in 1974, and also ran races as varied as a run to the top of the Empire State Building. Nina Louise Marmorino was born Jan. 2, 1939 ...

Nina Kuscsik, the first official Boston Marathon female victor who helped pave the way for women’s distance running in the 1970s, died at age 86 on June 8 from respiratory failure after a decade ...

Back in the 1970s, the prevailing thought was that it wasn't safe for women to run. A leader in the fight for a woman's right to run has died. Nina Kuscsik was 86.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...