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Nina Kuscsik, women's marathoning pioneer from Long Island, dies at age 86
Nina Kuscsik, who was the first celebrity of women’s marathoning and used her clout to agitate for the first women's Olympic race at that distance in 1984, died June 8 of respiratory failure at her Huntington Station home after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 86.
Still, it was the first time women’s results would count in the marathon. Nina Kuscsik, second from right, sits through the early women’s start at the 1972 New York City Marathon with other ...
It was the 1967 Boston Marathon. A 20-year-old Syracuse University ... Eight finished, led by winner Nina Kuscsik. “Back in the day, we were told your uteruses would fall out, that you’d ...
Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women’s inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the ...
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