The race's lofty place in the road running world is at least partially attributable to the prestige and credibility that Bill Rodgers and Joan Samuelson brought when they began running ...

In the 1970s, she made history while running in Boston and New York. She later fought to get a women’s marathon into the ...

In 1971, Kuscsik (2:56:04) and Beth Bonner (2:55:22) became the first two American women to run a marathon in under three hours at the New York City Marathon. She then won that same event in ...

She was also the first woman to enter the New York race, in 1970, and was one of the “Six who Sat” – six women who refused to start the ’72 New York City Marathon for 10 minutes to protest ...

She was also the first woman to enter the New York race, in 1970, and was one of the “Six who Sat” – six women who refused to start the ’72 New York City Marathon for 10 minutes to protest ...

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, the only woman to run in the 1970 New York City marathon, is survived by her three children and two grandsons Nina Kuscsik, the first women's division champion in the Boston Marathon, has ...

Nina Kuscsik of Huntington, N.Y., stands atop the Empire State Building in midtown New York City Thursday, Feb. 15, 1979, after becoming the first woman to complete the second Empire State Run-up.

Kuscsik and other women who were part of the first class of female runners to compete in the New York City Marathon, in 1971, were honored on the 50th anniversary of that event in November 2021.

She was also the first woman to enter the New York race, in 1970, and was one of the “Six who Sat” – six women who refused to start the ’72 New York City Marathon for 10 minutes to protest ...

Held the first Sunday each November, the TCS New York City Marathon features more than 50,000 runners—from the world's best professional athletes to a vast range of runners across experience ...