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Iowa woman on her husband’s 50-hour journey home to his family from Sudan conflict
Mohamed Ahmed went again to Sudan for the primary time in 13 years for his father’s funeral earlier this month. He was scheduled to return again to his household in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on April 19 — however clashes between Sudan’s fighters left him stranded and unable to instantly return.
His spouse Jacy Ahmed mentioned she’s anxious to see her husband once more, as he is now en route residence by way of a 50-hour journey again to the U.S.
The battle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Fast Help Forces (RSF) erupted on April 15. Greater than 420 individuals have been killed and three,700 individuals injured, the World Well being Group’s Jap Mediterranean Regional Workplace mentioned Sunday.
Jacy Ahmed recalled when Mohamed instructed her that morning that he would not be coming residence to his household when deliberate.
“He mentioned, ‘Honey conflict broke out,’” she instructed ABC Information. “‘I might need to remain on this nation just a little bit longer.’ And I simply I flipped, I flipped out.”
She mentioned they had been in a position to talk regardless of weak web in Mohamed’s space. “We sometimes converse every day or a minimum of textual content,” Jacy Ahmed mentioned. Her husband had been staying in Omdurman, Sudan, with household, she mentioned.
File undated photograph exhibiting Mohamed Ahmed.
Jacy Bunnell Ahmed
Household photograph exhibiting Mohamed Ahmed alongside his spouse Jacy Bunnell Ahmed and their daughter.
Jacy Bunnell Ahmed
The couple met at Kirkwood Neighborhood School in Cedar Rapids, the place Mohamed was studying English and Jacy was an adjunct, she mentioned. Mohamed got here to the US as an immigration lottery choice, she continued, and so they each spent loads of time collectively earlier than marrying. The couple is simply months away from their nine-year anniversary; they run an area cleansing service and have three daughters who’re 6, 10 and 13 years previous.
“They’d simply say, ‘When is he going to be again; and he would say, ‘Effectively, quickly we’re engaged on it quickly,’” Jacy Ahmed mentioned.
Household photograph exhibiting Mohamed Ahmed and his daugther.
Jacy Bunnell Ahmed
Mohamed Ahmed had a scary encounter when he was on the telephone with Jacy and an plane was heard flying over the home in Omdurman, she mentioned.
Jacy Ahmed mentioned she might hear how loud it was, and her husband mentioned it was inflicting the home to shake and doorways to open. “That was fairly scary,” Jacy Ahmed mentioned, recalling when he instructed her. Shortly after, Mohamed Ahmed deliberate a approach residence.
With the intention to go away Sudan, he is taking an alternate route: A 40-hour bus from Omdurman to Aswan, Egypt; an 11-hour practice journey to Cairo, after which a flight to Chicago, which is a three-hour, 40-minute drive from Iowa.
He waited hours for the bus in Omdurman on Sunday and, based on Jacy Ahmed, the ticket costs elevated from $500 to $2,000.
“Each time a brand new bus comes, they increase it,” she mentioned of the ticket costs. “It is horrible.” Jacy Ahmed mentioned she could not attain her husband after discovering out concerning the growing costs, and he did not have sufficient to pay for the journey. However Jacy Ahmed mentioned a stranger miraculously lent him the remainder of the cash wanted to board after explaining to the one who he was.
Minutes earlier than chatting with ABC Information on Tuesday, Jacy Ahmed acquired a textual content from her husband saying he is reached Egypt as he continues his lengthy journey residence.
When requested what she’s going to do when she first sees her husband once more, Jacy Ahmed mentioned she’s going to run and leap at him. “He is 6-foot-5,” she mentioned. “I am positive I will cry.”
Iowa State women’s basketball star Emily Ryan released a video Thursday in which she discusses her battle with an eating disorder.
Ryan, a senior from Claflin, Kansas, has been one of the Big 12 Conference’s best point guards for the past few seasons. She was a first-team all-conference pick in 2022, and a second-team selection in 2023.
“By sharing my story, I hope to build awareness and provide hope to everyone else fighting an invisible battle,” Ryan said in the video.
Ryan said her sense of self-worth was dependent on Iowa State’s success and her individual performance. That led to increased time spent in the weight room in an effort to get stronger and faster. When Ryan didn’t see the results that she desired, she began to focus on her diet.
Ryan said the Iowa State medical staff expressed their concern about Ryan’s eating habits and what it was doing to her body. Ryan said she was in “complete denial” about having an eating disorder, but her health continued to worsen.
Ryan missed the first nine games of the 2023-24 season due to the eating disorder. When she returned, she said, “off the court I was really struggling. By the end of the season, I was physically and mentally hanging on by a thread.”
During the offseason, Ryan spent 88 days at a treatment center in Denver.
“It took a long time but I finally came to the understanding that being sick wasn’t my fault, and eating disorders are real, complex illnesses,” she said.
How to get help
For resources on disordered eating, call the National Eating Disorders Helpline at 800-931-2237 or text NEDA to 741741.
It was an important date around the state for volleyball teams in Iowa, as the latest rankings were released and regional pairings in all five classes were revealed.
The two come into play once regionals reach the championship round, as the higher-ranked team will serve as the host for those games.
All five No. 1 squads remained the same, as Ankeny Centennial (Class 5A), Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A), Mount Vernon (3A), Denver (2A) and Ankeny Christian (1A) held serve.
New teams to the Top-15 include Iowa City West in 5A, Ballard in 4A, Wapsie Valley in 2A and Stanton in 1A. The entire 3A poll remained the same while Sidney made one of the biggest climbs, moving to ninth from 12th in 1A.
Regional play for 1A and 2A begins Oct. 21 with 3A, 4A and 5A starting Oct. 22. The state tournament is scheduled for Nov. 4-7 in Coralville from the Xtream Arena. Complete regional pairings can be found on Bound.
Class 5A
1. Ankeny Centennial; 2. Pleasant Valley; 3. Ankeny; 4. West Des Moines Dowling; 5. Indianola; 6. Waukee Northwest; 7. Cedar Falls; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 9. Waukee; 10. Iowa City Liberty; 11. West Des Moines Valley; 12. Sioux City East; 13. Iowa City West; 14. Iowa City High; 15. Linn-Mar.
Class 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier; 2. Sioux City Bishop Heelan; 3. North Scott; 4. Clear Creek-Amana; 5. Lewis Central; 6. Pella; 7. Glenwood; 8. Carlisle; 9. Marion; 10. Adel-ADM; 11. Norwalk; 12. Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 13. MOC-Floyd Valley; 14. Ballard; 15. Grinnell.
Class 3A
1. Mount Vernon; 2. Western Christian; 3. West Delaware; 4. Dubuque Wahlert; 5. Davenport Assumption; 6. Sioux Center; 7. Carroll Kuemper; 8. Mid-Prairie; 9. Cherokee; 10. Wilton; 11. Solon; 12. Anamosa; 13. Roland-Story; 14. Clarinda; 15. Nevada.
Class 2A
1. Denver; 2. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; 3. Dyersville Beckman; 4. Dike-New Hartford; 5. Aplington-Parkersburg; 6. South Hardin; 7. Boyden-Hull; 8. Pella Christian; 9. Iowa City Regina; 10. Hinton; 11. Grundy Center; 12. Sumner-Fredericksburg; 13. Wapsie Valley; 14. West Burlington; 15. Shenandoah.
Class 1A
1. Ankeny Christian; 2. Holy Trinity; 3. Saint Ansgar; 4. Riverside; 5. BCLUW; 6. Janesville; 7. North Tama; 8. Don Bosco; 9. Sidney; 10. River Valley; 11. Akron-Westfield; 12. Stanton; 13. Fremont-Mills; 14. Southwest Valley; 15. Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
Week 6 of the 2024 Iowa high school football season has wrapped up, and High School on SI is continuing its weekly computer rankings for the season.
The Dowling Maroons kept their top five placing in this week’s 5A Iowa computer rankings after a thrilling 41-35 victory over Ankeny Centennial. They face a strong Urbandale team on Friday, to keep their momentum going.
The top of the 5A computer rankings stay the same this week as the Bettendorf Bulldogs take home another win, this time defeating Kennedy 33-14. The Bulldogs look forward to Friday, where they will travel to Davenport Central in hopes to hold their place in the standings.
SBLive’s formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.
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Here are SBLive’s latest Iowa football computer rankings, as of Oct. 7, 2024:
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS
CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A
CLASS 3A | CLASS 2A
CLASS 1A | CLASS A
CLASS 8 MAN
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