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

Nina Kuscsik, a trailblazer in women’s distance running and the first official female winner of the Boston Marathon, has died at age 86.

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, winner of the first official women’s race at the Boston Marathon, twice winner at New York, and an important early advocate for women’s running, died on June 8 at Huntington ...