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 ...

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 died. She ...

BOSTON — Nina Kuscsik, who 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, has died ...

Kuscsik’s miracle year was 1972. In April, she won the first official women’s race at the Boston Marathon in 3:10:26, fending off a strong field of eight women from all over the US, each of ...