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

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 Marathon Nina Kuscsik, the first official female winner of the Boston Marathon, has died at the age of 86 By John Powers Globe Correspondent,Updated June 20, 2025, 2:22 p.m.

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 ...

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 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 ...