X-Men cross country runner Gabriel Quenneville is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Gabe recently completed his first year with the X-Men and is a Human Kinetics student from Petawawa, ON.

What brought you to StFX?
My original attraction to StFX was their strong cross country team.  As I continued to research the university, the small town community feeling and great academic reputation which was attached to the university brought me out East to this great school.

What has been your best moment in a StFX uniform so far?
Getting lost in Rivière-du-loup with Natasha and bumming a ride off of a local while we were on our way down to the McGill track classic.

What are you most looking forward to this season?
CIS cross country. If we make it I really want to improve upon my bad performance last cross country season.

Who has been the most influential person in your life (and why)?
The most influential people in my life would be everyone that I have ever trained with because without them I never would have had the motivation to train on my own and get to where I am today.

One thing I cannot live without is…?
Food

My dream vacation destination is…?
Bermuda, my birthplace

Tell us one thing that fans may not know about you?
I was a swimmer before I was a runner.

FAVORITES:

Past-time/hobby: Being outside with friends

Restaurant: St. Hubert BBQ

Book: The boy in the stripped pyjamas

TV show: Big Bang Theory

Movie: Forest Gump

Actor/Actress: Jim Carrey

Singer/Band: Paramore / Rise against

Sport (other than your own): Nordic skiing

Pro sports team: N/A

Pro sports athlete: Mike Brown / Simon Whitfield