 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Patrick murume waSandra Farmer-Patrick, uyo aivawo mutambi akakurumbira wemamita 400. Vaviri vacho vakanga vane nhoroondo yokubudirira pamisangano imwe cheteyo, kubatanidza 1989 IAAF World CupmuBarcelona, Spain uko vose vakatora menduru yegoridhe. Yakanga iri nguva yokutanga murume nomudzimai vakakunda menduru yegoridhe mumutambo mumwe chete mumakwikwi enyika dzakawanda. Pakuvamba mugore racho, vakanga vava murume nomudzimai vokutanga vose vari vaviri kukunda mikombe yenyika panguva imwe cheteyo sezvo Hal Connolly naOlga Connolly vakaita chinhu chimwe chetecho makore 29 akanga apfuura. Vaviri vacho vakanga vachiratidza kuora mwoyo pa 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials apo vose vakakundikana kukwanirisa. Akanga ari mukundi wemenduru yendarira pa 1988 IAAF Grand Prix Final gore iroro. David akaisa rekodhi yake pachake mu400 hurdles pa47.75 achipedzisa wechina kumashure kwekupedzisira weOlympic Champion Andre Phillips, ngano yechiitiko ichi Edwin Moses uye ramangwana rekodhi rekodhi Kevin Young na1984 Silver Medalist Danny Harris, imwe zana yechipiri kumashure kwaPatrick. Achimhanya mumugwagwa unonetsa wokutanga, Patrick akanga ari shure pakutendeuka kwokupedzisira asi akaita kuwedzera kunoshamisa pakupera kwomujaho kuti apotsa kupinda muchikwata ne0.03. Nguva yake ichiri kumuita mutambi wechi22 akanakisisa munhangemutange yacho. Gore iroro, mudzimai wake Sandra akarambwa pashure pokukunda semifainari yake. David akanga aedzawo kukwanisa mumamita 800 muna 1988. 