Boston Marathon Nina Kuscsik, marathon pioneer and first (official) winner of Boston Marathon’s women’s race, has died An obituary for the A.L. Jacobsen Funeral Home in Huntington Station, New ...

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 ...

She ran the Boston Marathon four times from 1968-71 — before women were officially welcomed, a period retroactively recognized as the Pioneer Era — and then won the first official women's race ...

Kathrine Switzer, who entered the 1971 Boston Marathon using her initials and became the first woman to official compete, called Kuscsik “one of our greatest leaders.” 3 Olavi Suomalainen (l ...

In April, she won the first official women’s race at Boston, in 3:10:26, against a strong field of eight from all over the U.S., who had all met the men’s qualifying standard of 3:30.

SHOP. THEY CONTINUE TO BE LISTED AT FULL PRICE. THIS IS NEWS 5 TONIGHT. THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE BOSTON MARATHON HAS DIED. NINA CUSACK MADE HER RUN IN A HISTORY BACK IN 1972, WINNING THE RACE ON ...

BOSTON (AP) — 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 ...

Kuscsik was the only woman to run in the 1970 New York City marathon Elsa/Getty Nina Kuscsik, the 1972 Boston Marathon champion, died on Sunday, June 8 Kuscsik was 86 years old and had been ...

Nina Kuscsik has died at the age of 86. Kuscsik campaigned for women’s inclusion in long-distance running and won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed ...